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Whether or not we have an
incorrect memory schema of an
object in most cases, there can
be no doubt that we have
difficulty in achieving imagery
from memory that is good
enough to allow us to draw
many objects adequately. The
kind of object to which this
difficulty applies is, I believe,
precisely the kind that was
discussed above in the case of
copyingΓÇöΓÇônamely, one in which
the shape is qualitatively
subtle, such as the human
body, a dog or other animal, a
geographical shape, a bicycle,
or an automobile. The kind to
which it would not apply is one
in which the shape is
relatively simple or unsubtleΓÇöΓÇô
a book, a simple wooden chair,
the outline of a house, a
staircase, a lamp, or the like. It
is true that our own drawing
becomes an object for
recognition, and this is all the
more important in the case of
drawing from memory than it is
in copying. Since the memory
schema may well be a rather
faithful representation of the
object, even if it is not easily
evoked without the help of a
stimulus figure, we can
compare the drawing to the
schema. The mismatch tells us
the drawing is not right, but
not necessarily in what
respect. In theory, if we
continued revising the
drawing, we should be able to
achieve an excellent likeness.
However, as was noted with
respect to copying pictures, few
if any people ever proceed in
this way.