Sinclair, Mary Craig, 1883-1961; Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968; Telepathy; Telepathy -- Case studies
Frequently she will make a good drawing of an object, but name it badly.
In that same series twelve I drew a hoe, and she got the shape of it,
but wrote: “May be scissors, may be spectacles with long stem ears”
(Figs. 85, 85a):
[Illustration: Fig. 85]
[Illustration: Fig. 85a]
Also in the same series these reindeer horns, which she calls “holly
leaves.” It is psychologically interesting to note that reindeer and
holly trees were both associated with Christmas in Craig’s childhood
(Figs. 86, 86a):
[Illustration: Fig. 86]
[Illustration: Fig. 86a]
And in series eighteen, this fat baby bird of mine is hardly
recognizable when called “flounder” (Figs. 87, 87a):
[Illustration: Fig. 87]
[Illustration: Fig. 87a]
This very dim stalk of celery, drawn by me, I must admit looks more like
a fish-fork (Figs. 88, 88a):
[Illustration: Fig. 88]
[Illustration: Fig. 88a]
Craig’s verbal description of the above reads: “Stone set in platinum;
may be diamond, as points seem to be white light—at least it shines, not
red shine of fire but white shine.” How does a stalk of celery, which
looks like a fish-fork, come to have a diamond set in it? You may
understand the reason when you hear that three drawings later in the
same series is a diamond set in a stick. Just why it occurred to me to
set a diamond thus I cannot now recall, but the drawing is plain, and it
led to a bit of fun. I had been to lunch with Charlie Chaplin that day,
and had come home and told my wife about it; so here my sparkling
diamond undergoes a transfiguration! “Chaplin,” writes my wife, and
adds: “I don’t see why he has on a halo” (Figs. 89, 89a):
[Illustration: Fig. 89]
[Illustration: Fig. 89a]
From the point of view of bad guessing, the most conspicuous series is
number twenty. In this I have recorded four successes, seven partial,
and one failure; yet there is hardly an object that is correctly named.
Here are the three which I call successes; there may be dispute about
any one of them, but it seems to me the essential elements have been
got. You may be surprised at a necktie which “began to smoke”—but not
when you see that the next drawing is a burning match! (Figs. 90, 90a;
90, 91a; 90, 92a):
[Illustration: Fig. 90]
[Illustration: Fig. 90a]
[Illustration: Fig. 91]
[Illustration: Fig. 91a]
[Illustration: Fig. 92]
[Illustration: Fig. 92a]
As for the partial successes, I give six of them by way of samples. For
the first, Craig’s comment was: “The body is vague, but see there is a
body.” You will agree that my mountain landscape looks oddly like a body
(Figs. 93, 93a):
[Illustration: Fig. 93]
[Illustration: Fig. 93a]
And the pedals of this harp make a charming pair of lady’s feet (Figs.
94, 94a):
[Illustration: Fig. 94]
[Illustration: Fig. 94a]
This balloon is described in my wife’s comment as: “Shines in sunlight,
must be metal, a scythe hanging among vines or strings.”
[Illustration: Fig. 95]
[Illustration: Fig. 95a]
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