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...
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??
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...
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??
wow this is amazing. and i love LOVE Anfrés watercolors!!!
I do too. So much.
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.
I have not! What a great idea.
I nodded in recognition, especially at Points 4 and 5. Loved this essay - thank you!
Thank you, Roxani! Now I'm curious how you've seen those at play in your life.
This is lovely. Thank you 💙
Thanks for this. I’ve always liked to draw not because the results are that good, but because the process helps me SEE.
Absolutely, and what I find amazing is that it helps me see better even when I'm not drawing.
This is encouraging. Thank you.