Had an epiphany on the drive home the other day. I don't usually think any harder than what is necessary to remember the lyrics to a Transplants song, but somehow some way, in the 20 minutes it takes me to get from here to there, a truth hit me upside the head hard enough to sink in. It's this: whatever you do, do it like you mean it.
Like playing guitar. Most people learning try to play quietly, so the world doesn't hear their mistakes (and I am one of these people!). But you have to play it loud to be heard and to hear yourself. Tentativity is the mortal enemy of creativity. Look! I made a homily. And a word! But seriously, it's true, even if it's not quite grammatically correct.
It's a damn good thing I recognized this truth. I'm starting Beginning Drawing on June 2nd. The course materials list suggests at least an 18 x 24 drawing pad. 18 inches! by 24 inches! At LEAST!!! That's a foot and a half by two feet!!! The biggest paper I've ever sketched on is 8 1/2 by 11, and my typical doodle pad is yellow and has sticky on one side. How in the name of Wile E. Coyote am I supposed to fill in all that blankness?!?!
Fully epiphanated, I will boldly draw where I've never drawn before. I'm not saying it will be good. But it will be meant.
It's a damn good thing I recognized this truth. I'm starting Beginning Drawing on June 2nd. The course materials list suggests at least an 18 x 24 drawing pad. 18 inches! by 24 inches! At LEAST!!! That's a foot and a half by two feet!!! The biggest paper I've ever sketched on is 8 1/2 by 11, and my typical doodle pad is yellow and has sticky on one side. How in the name of Wile E. Coyote am I supposed to fill in all that blankness?!?!
Fully epiphanated, I will boldly draw where I've never drawn before. I'm not saying it will be good. But it will be meant.
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