College is one huge learning experience. I mean, wow. I have learned sooo much this year, it's crazy...needless to say, it hasn't amounted to much drawing, ha ha ha...
It took me a while, but I finally got around to finishing this owl after staring at its half-drawn face for months. Jubilation. =)
I feel really rusty and rudimentary in my drawing skills as of late. I know I am out of practice; I knew this would happen - I would get busy, etc. etc...but still, lately I've realized that drawing and creative expression is literally engrained into my entire being.
When I don't draw for a while, I get unexplainably cranky. I feel like I am going no where in life and that my life has no worth, and I feel angry at the world for absolutely no reason. Drawing, in some situations, helps this. It fulfills some part of me - like quenching a thirst. My theory is that the "right" part of my brain that gets grumpy with disuse.
I know this may sound odd, or laughable, dismissible as PMS or something...but hear me out!
Humans are made to create. We were not made to be robots. Some of us need to express ourselves more than others. Some people need to express it in different ways. But we all have our "creative outlets", and I think they are severely diminishing the power of this concept.
Humans are multi-faceted. Touching base with each facet, at least once in a while, is essential to emotional health.
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