Geeeeez...

What a lot I've learned since my last posting!  


Yes, John wasn't letting me into the studio, so I wasn't able to spot right off the bat the misdirection he was taking.


How often is that true for all of us?


Hopefully, next time John won't be so wed to his old "I go it alone" art process.  I know for sure that next time I'll simply say, "Boa," and that should gain me entrance.  


Seems John was taking so long because he was unhappy with the drawing.  Reality checkL had he worked at it for a hundred hours, he'd still have been unhappy with it.  As would I, since what he was envisioning was NOT the drawing I'd requested.  He thought I wanted him to draw the boa as it appeared in real life, and it frustrated him, messing up all the rest of his efforts,  Praise be, not so, not so - the slightly abstract boa in the photo is far more alluring.  


John decided to go back to the drawing board, using ONLY the photo as reference.  And he got it done to his client's (me) total satisfaction in under a week!  It now hangs on the critter wall at our art show.


Life's all about stories.  John didn't hear what I wanted, although his thumbnail indicated he did.  And because he shut me out of the narrative, there was no way to change his image of what I'd requested.  


Far from being distraught over what happened, we will use it in the future in so many ways.  John will, hopefully, feel more secure allowing me in;  I will, hopefully, be more pointedly persistent (something I hate doing).  


The whole thing was quite the little educational vignette. When it came down to it, I tried for a different, better ending - and we got it!!