The Theory:
Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, designated the terms L-mode (for the left side of the brain) and R-mode (for the right side of the brain) to describe the different ways of perceiving/interacting with the world:
L-mode:
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Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, designated the terms L-mode (for the left side of the brain) and R-mode (for the right side of the brain) to describe the different ways of perceiving/interacting with the world:
L-mode:
- Language/verbal
- Sequential/step-by-step
- Numbers/symbols
- Analytic
- Visual/perceptual
- Holistic
- Non-linear
- Intuitive
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The L-mode mostly dominates the Language, verbal, sequential, and analytic or logical side of the brain while the R-mode dominates the visual, holistic, and intuitive or non-linear side of the brain. For most people only one side of the brain can be focused on at one time and one side of the brain usually dominated the persons brain for a certain time making them more logical or artistic. The reason why the R-mode side of the brain is more preferred though is because it controls the most artistic side of the brain as it is the visual side. Due to this though, if someone is talking in the background or there is background noise, some may not be able to complete an artistic project like the vase-face because their L-mode will be active for the sounds and the R-mode will be active for the art which will both conflict. For me though, during this I was able to drown out most of the background sounds due to my experience with drawing without paying attention to background noise much. So both the vase-face's with and without background noises did not differ that much except for the amount of time given to finish each.