Some of the drawings made with the eyes, get to touch the paper and get an output on the sketch book. Some others will remain in the memory without having any physicality. Some of the drawings that get to touch the paper, get more abstract and some others define the shape of a body, a face or a space. I observe that the drawings that get less abstract are the ones where the pencil is touching the paper constantly. Once one takes out the pencil from the paper to draw another part of the subject, the abstraction begins to be more obvious.
I wish there was a way for me to register the drawings that remain in the memory, the ones where the pencil never touches the paper (it would, at least be useful for spaced out person like me...to keep record of what I've seen).
Drawing with the eyes is a useful way of observing textures, shadows and highlights as well as the shape of things and people. It is a way for the person who is doing it to stop time and observe what it is that surrounds us. What I find more interesting is the fact that one forgets that it is a drawing that uses the paper (with its physical borders) and the pencil as raw material.
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