20 years ago, 10 years ago, maybe even 5 years ago, marks like this would never have left my pen intentionally. If I had made marks like this, I would have been embarrassed, mortified, ashamed. I wanted to make *beautiful* things, *precise* things. I thought I had to control everything — for it to be “perfect” — in order for it to be acceptable… and for *me* to be acceptable (read: worthy of love).
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Interestingly, I could go to a Museum of Modern Art and accept that *other* artists could make crazy, wild, abstract weirdness, and even be lauded for it, but for some reason I had a different set of standards for myself. I guess I bought into the notion that I had to learn to draw and paint photorealistically perfectly *first*, and *then* I could break away from that and explore other modes of expression…? 🖍
Honestly, it’s been so long, I don’t remember. All I know is that marks like this were UGLY, and unacceptable to me. I NEVER would have made something like this!!! 😂
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And yet all this time, this is what my inner 4-year-old was dying to make! Because my inner 4-year-old is not concerned with conventional standards of “beauty” or “propriety”! All she cares about is following her curiosity!
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Thank goodness I’m more inclined to follow her lead these days. It’s a whole heckuva lot more fun. 😊👍
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It just occurred to me that my doodles are all just playgrounds for #doodlebot. 😊 🖍
This utterly delights me. .
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Pure play in the #creativesandbox. With #doodlebot! 😊
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Yes, there’s a DIFFERENCE between mess and clutter! This is SO IMPORTANT to understand, especially for creators! 🖍
I’ll be going over the other 6 differences, PLUS 8 reasons WHY we hold onto clutter, at a FREE clutterbusting session next Tuesday. We’ll do a real, live ClutterBust ON THE CALL, so you’ll actually bust some clutter and experience the power of ClutterBusting for yourself! Link in profile, or go to http://bit.ly/2u8yQvB
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Clear your clutter to free up space to CREATE! (Not to mention THINK and BREATHE again. 😊)
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Doodlebot is BACK! I needed some pure playtime in the #creativesandbox this morning, so I pulled out a postcard and started to doodle. I asked myself my favorite question, “What if..?” (That’s from #creativesandboxway Guidepost #6, btw. 😊) What if I did something *different* from what I would normally do? At each juncture, make a *different* choice!
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This #doodle is the result! It has elements of things I’ve done before (knots, repeating patterns, line quality, and of course, Doodlebot), but the lines intersecting the knot doodles without actually touching them—that’s new. And the knot doodles not being “complete,” but sort of dangling in space—that’s not typical for me.
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Try going against the grain today! Do the opposite of what you’d normally do, or something different from your usual maneuver. See what happens. We all get in ruts, and there’s nothing like trying something different to shake up new ideas and get you into a fun, new groove. 😊
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