I thought the overall discussion was informative, yet also comforting. I like the appreciation of art represented and I thought the imagery too was moving. I’m not really an outside person, but I’ll admit that making art on scene seems very tempting for me to try out this summer. In addition, the young girl who drew her dream in red crayon (?) was really inspiring to me. It sounds hackneyed, but I really value making art unadulteratedly without any constraints or standards. I also didn’t know that blind contour drawing had an actual name. That was neat. I used to dream journal as well and now I kind of want to pick up on it again, but this time incorporating sketching.
The ink sketch I did was supposed to represent myself during the times of last year. Honestly, it was fun at first when school and the city was being shut down. It meant to me that I had an “endless” amount of time to watch shows, play games, and hang out with my brother and sister. Eventually, as a month passed, each day became hazy and non-unique. There wasn’t anything exciting that I can recall; and although I did hobbies I liked, I grew feeling guilty. It could be that at the time I put my schoolwork on the back burner of my mind, but generally, I didn’t do anything academically or artistically productive. As months passed, my home, which was supposed to be a “fun sanctuary” for me, became a living lazy limbo. I woke up late in the day and I had no motivation to do anything that would cultivate my mind or skills. At best, I loved bonding with my family, but to this day, I still can’t shake that haziness. There’s always residual regret on what I should have done, but that’s okay. I still have plenty of time and it’s just up to me to get projects started. I don’t want school and grades to be the only motivation for me to do art. In the ink sketch, I scribbled over my head to represent the state of my mind, but it looks like messy hair. Either way, it still represents me last year.
Love this drawing!