Reality, what we’ve learned

It's happened to me a thousand times. I'm drawing something. The pose of the figure is correct, but something that should be seen, for example an object in a hand, is not fully visible. A conflict ensues. I need to teach that, but the pose doesn't allow it. In the end, I come to a kind of agreement where I show a part of that that should be seen. Not enough not to understand each other. But I'm unable to break an implicit rule that obliges me not to draw that posture wrong. So I deny the situation and leave it at that hoping that the reader, for some strange reason, will be able to understand what that object is even though it doesn't look whole.

It's like making a spelling mistake, knowing it's a spelling mistake and expecting the reader to forgive it.

Reality is what we see, but when it comes to telling something through an image, it can put up barriers that lead us into a trap in which necessary information is lost. Faithfully representing what we see may not be an ally when it comes to conveying information.