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Non dominant writing Non dominant hand drawings (not really a gallery, but more of a critique on her own test of using the non-dominant hand) |
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Most would agree that having to use your non-dominant hand for any major task is rather, well, awkward. As a society, we are more right-hand dominant than left-hand. However, it is said that left handed people are more artistic, more naturally athletic, and even smarter, yet the left-handed people have still had to adjust to right-handed tools. Although, consider, what if a medical issue took the ability from your dominant hand, forcing you to use your less dominant hand? In the case of David Rosenak, who developed Parkinson’s in his right hand, he had to slowly ease himself into the process of using his left hand to paint. He started out with only minute arcs and brush strokes, and tried to go back to some earlier paintings to try to do minimal shading. He said it was a slow process, and the awkwardness was not only physically present, but mentally as well. On the other hand, in the case of Katherine Sherwood, a painter who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, causing her entire right hand to be paralyzed. At first, she refused to consider painting as a type of therapy, but as her desire to paint grew on, she finally gave in and was happily surprised. In contrast to David’s switch, it was easy for Katherine to begin using her left hand, and she said her left hand was even her better painting hand than her right was. She can feel a looser style in the way she paints, but she says she is just happy to be able to paint again. Both David and Katherine have experienced hardships that affected not only their lives, but their gift. However, they have succeeded in overcoming a great feat, and are great inspirations to several other artists who have, or even may, experience their same trials. |