I can describe someone from memory, and I can draw them, but I can't see them unless they're in front of me (or I'm looking at a photo).

Can you draw them and then look at the drawing? I'm just wondering about the "bootstrap" ability, for lack of a better term.

I'm not sure what you're asking. Of course I can look at the drawing. But it still doesn't produce any image that persist when I'm not looking at it.

I guess I'm wondering about the fidelity, but I'm not sure what exactly I meant. Copy-of-a-copy kind of effect, basically.

After looking at a photo? I have a memory of the "facts" of the photograph. I have no image of it