You are absolutely correct. I went on a tangent there, and i apologize. I just get incited toward non-malleable ideologies toward different media... Which I know, makes me sound like one of those... You know... "Performance piece"artists. And im not, i promise. I dig art that i can discribe to someone else who hasnt seen it and not have contextual difficulties in explaining or even discribing it. (Disclaimer: im not trying to tear anyone down, im just low brow... Id pass on lunch with Pollock, but lose my mind at the idea of 20 minutes with Norman Rockwell or Guy Aitchison.) Furthermore, if im being brutally honest, im probably a little on the dullard side, and the idea of freehand Descriptive Geometry without an experienced handholder and a tutor to help me remember ANYTHING from college, i would embarrass myself.
BUT, doing both is absolutely possible, and probably eccential to continue forward with the "path to mastery" that many artists feel, myself included. Thank you for the volly of words, and reminding me to not be dumb... Abstract thinking got us out of the foodchain, therefore, i am a fan.