Leigh Anne Lester: No Necessary Time Axis on Evolutionary Novelties

Blind Contour is a way of drawing, of deepening perception, of schooling the hand. The method is simple — look only at the subject of your drawing, not at the paper, as your pencil moves along the lat plane of paper while simultaneously following your eye around the edges of whatever is holding your gaze. Used by the San Antonio Spurs for tuning-up their no-look pass, artists sometimes employ the technique to unlock subconscious connections.