
English: A palette of watercolours and a brush. Deutsch: Wasserfarben und Pinsel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This morning, I was causally going through my reader, when I came across a blog post I had seen yesterday, glanced at the excerpt, and somehow gotten distracted and not actually read. Having the time now, I clicked on it. Oh, happy day! What a joy to read!
The other day, I had pulled out my old acrylics and decided I’d try to paint a picture. I decided I’d stick to abstract, since it requires less drawing skills (of which I sorely lack, outside of the occasional stroke of luck), and it turned out terrible. I put the paper down, washed out my brushes and said to myself, “Well, that was just as bad as I thought it was going to be. ” and left the room. I haven’t touched my paints since, because in my mind, I’d just reiterated to myself the fact that I can’t paint worth a damn.
While I was reading this post, my mind flashed to those paints, and that horrible painting, and I actually wanted to try again. I actually wanted to paint a bad picture. It had done what I have been unable to do for myself my entire life… Continue reading →
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