Yesterday afternoon, while Petra with her left hand sanded the back and sides of the panels of ‘A little madness in the Spring’, Part Two the following was observed.

Petra’s work was momentarily interrupted by the entrance into the studio of Robyn’s older son after his day at school. Although he knows Petra, he needed to interact with his mother at that moment. Petra left the room.

After her son went upstairs, while still dressed in Petra’s clothing, listening to her playlist, and sitting before her paintings Robyn decided to try resuming work on Petra’s paintings not as Petra, but as herself dressed as Petra using her own right hand.

It didn’t work. Robyn could not hold the panels with her left hand and sand the edges with her right. Coordination and control were missing, and it did not feel natural.

Petra re-entered the studio and completed the sanding using her left hand.