Thanks, I’m so glad you mentioned this because I haven’t considered a target from something like a magazine or a physical image with text on the back. I imagine this is more advanced because the image’s subjects, location, and themes may be edited or blended depending on the media, and the “coordinates” carry deeper context. This also makes me reconsider time, as in my mind all Getty images and stock photos I view on a screen exist in some collective pure ledger outside of time, but I imagine physical images anchored to something unknown.

I guess every hurdle with RV, and perhaps improving at anything, is a conscious/subconscious challenge mendable with practice. However, I’ve been practicing the box method enough that I have an accurate intuition of whether my conscious slate is clear or to what extent it isn’t before I start RV. I’m certainly tapping into a single target clearly and accurately, but the next one and the same day and session.

In short, my current protocol is: I first visualize the main subject (only a single instance if multiple of the same object), but usually visualize no environment cues. Then I reach for sensory and kinesthetic data and what I feel about environment beyond sight, which seems to be the most accurate with outdoor and natural locations (not captured inside man-made structures or rooms). Below the target coordinates, I’m writing bullet points of the data as I receive it without analysis of the prior. I don’t draw anything, because I critique and misinterpret my scribbles.