Position of head

» miski - Can wrong position of the head cause double vision of the bow

I have a question which I believe is very rarely presented : When playing on the E string the bow mostly positions itself between the sight (eyes) and the string. A result of this is that the bow seems to be two bows (what happens reaaly is overlapping from one eye to another, a wellknowned phenomenom). The player thus sees "between" the two bows. On the other strings the bow does not interfer with the sight as described above.
My question is : Should we position our head so that this does not occur ? That means look further to the right, "outside" the range of the bow. The reason why I am asking is that by "seing" two bows you can experience eye problems. However, by turning your head outward to the right to avoid this so the sight is just as free as on the other strings, you also loose some support from the shoulder, which in turn gives more pressure on the whole left hand system. I would gladly have some comments on this subject.
Regards Miski

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