Time-Split Accuracy - Text 3
We must qualify this observation, however, because the technique was not limited to this use. Dividing movement into several determined parts also enabled McCay to recycle some of his drawings so as not to have to draw a given movement in its entirety. In this sense, Karl Cohen has demonstrated that, contrary to McCay’s claim that he made 10,000 drawings for Gertie, in fact he used “over fifteen repetitions of the cycle of Gertie breathing while she was lying on her side.”[4] These cycles were obviously planned in advance, in keeping with McCay’s calculations. One of his notebooks reveals how this recycling of his drawings was carried out: “The Dance. Start 41 A to 51 A. Up and down 3 times. Back to 41 A... then jump to 52 B to 63 B & back & forth twice. The third time jump from 63 to H 65 & up and down twice...”[5]
