[betterThanTexas]

> I'm sure part of this is a lack of imagination on my part about how to describe the vague image in my own head.

This is more related to our ability to articulate than is easy to demonstrate, in my experience. I can certainly produce images in my head I have difficulty reproducing well and consistently via linguistic description.

[SketchySeaBeast]

It's almost as if being able to create art accurate to our mental vision requires practice and skill, be it the ability to create an image or to write it and invoke an imagine in others.

[betterThanTexas]

Absolutely! But this was surprising to me—my intuition says if I can firmly visualize something, I should be able to describe it. I think many people have this assumption and it's responsible for a lot of projection in our social lives.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Yeah, it's probably a good argument for having people try some form of art, to have them understand that their intent and their outcome is rarely the same.