> Another thing. This may sound pretty stupid,
> but have you ever done anything artistic, such
> as learning to sketch realistically from life?
> I'm not saying you have to get *good* at it,
> but just that *practising* such things is a
> good way to improve your visual skills. I'm
> sure people can suggest other ways.

I've tried to do it. And the results are usually not very detailed. I get the basic gist of the scene when I draw something, but generally it ends up as either an impressionistic blur or a very vague, detail-less sketch.

What I find especially odd, though, is that I'm great with music, but horrible at the visual arts; yet I'm a far better reader than I am a listener. Anybody got a decent explanation for that one?

-- codeman"maybe it's just that I'm weird"38