Mogwai91

    1.       Grading is arbitrary- there’s a weird balance of making what the art teacher thinks is “good’ art versus what if you actually enjoyed making it or the end product    2.       Not every drawing/painting/sculpture is going to be or has to be a masterpiece- what I realize in retrospect was that I was taking classes so I could learn the basics so that I could use those later. If I had realized that when I was actually taking classes I think I would have had a lot less anxiety    3.       Drawing isn’t just a visual experience- you use multiple senses you get a more immersive experience. Touch, smell, sight

One of my most influential teachers and I were talking about a wonderful art piece she'd made but had been ruined by mice eating it. "Take care of your work," she said, "Just find a way to take care of them. They are who you were and where you came from and as I'm learning, where you should go."

Just trying to get inspiration from reading some of my early journal entries. This was a doodle I'd painted back in 2008, back when I dabbled in watercolor more often than I do now.