Neuroplasticity...the phrase is used a lot to describe the difficult process of learning completely new skills as an adult. I do find the process difficult, painful many times. But I find the results very enjoyable. They say the more you do it, the faster you get. I believe. And it's fun to create! Here is an example of a mind-bending exercise. It's actually a space-composing exercise, that happens to be difficult for the amateur. The first image is provided as a 2D source and the exercise is to extrapolate it into a 3D composition of habitable space, at any scale (room, building, city, etc.). You have to decide whether to extrapolate in a vertical, horizontal, or other plane. Then you have to decide which lines to emphasize and which to deemphasize; how to express each line; whether to pull a surface forward or push it back; to bend or not and in which direction. And it is preferred that you have a "language" for how you chose to do it...what was it about each line in the drawing that made you express it a certain way (was it the weight of the line, the shape, value of shading, etc.). After some analysis, I decided that I would extrapolate the image vertically into a floating mansion accessible by floating bridge. I envisioned it as the evil billionaire's mansion in a 007 movie, complete with yacht parking, heliport, classic car collection garage, great lawn (the semi-circle shape), great room overlooking the great lawn, etc. The 12 spires rise from below the ocean floor as pilings and extend up through the mansion. It was interesting and took about 14 hours to conceptualize and create the model. All to get a grade and then likely be recycled, in addition to the benefit and purpose of making new connections between neurons in my brain.
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