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Kathleen B Jones's avatar

p.s. I'll be teaching a class on journaling soon and I hope it's o.k. to adapt one of the prompts one of the teachers you had in Paris used--the use of the stencils as a way to generate writing and integrate with drawing...

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Kathleen B Jones's avatar

Wonderful piece! Especially appreciate your final insights: "that you could be an artist just by making art..." I once had a poetry teacher help me overcome my fear of writing poetry by saying: "you write poetry; you're a poet." I do hope you'll get a chance to read and react, in whatever form (perhaps an aquarelle??) to my novel, Cities of Women, about another encounter with art and artists, both medieval and modern. And now, to look for that watercolor class near me...or perhaps pottery??

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Heide Estes's avatar

wow this is amazing. and i love LOVE Anfrés watercolors!!!

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Irina Dumitrescu's avatar

I do too. So much.

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Kate Koppy's avatar

Have you ever brought doodling into your language learning? I sometimes doodle definitions of new-to-me words, and find that it helps with retention.

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Irina Dumitrescu's avatar

I have not! What a great idea.

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Roxani Krystalli's avatar

I nodded in recognition, especially at Points 4 and 5. Loved this essay - thank you!

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Irina Dumitrescu's avatar

Thank you, Roxani! Now I'm curious how you've seen those at play in your life.

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Honey Stardust's avatar

This is lovely. Thank you 💙

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Tim Nau's avatar

Thanks for this. I’ve always liked to draw not because the results are that good, but because the process helps me SEE.

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Irina Dumitrescu's avatar

Absolutely, and what I find amazing is that it helps me see better even when I'm not drawing.

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Randy McDonald's avatar

This is encouraging. Thank you.

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