I like to draw lines to connect ideas in my head. It helps me understand the way things work a little better. I saw this line while watching different artists' how-to-paint videos (they relax me... I know it's weird), which helped to ease my mind about my own writing process. I thought it might ease someone else's mind too. So I'll share.
Every painter has a different method. Some "start with the bones" as my father always taught me. Some start with the flesh and add the bones later. They use all kinds of different brushes, paints and tools. Many of them swear by the way they choose to paint, but I look at the finished projects and they're beautiful, no matter how they began.
So I think maybe painting is like writing that way. Whether you write linear or scattered, whether you write every day or in passionate spurts, what matters is the finished product. The trick is to find what works for you.
Anyway, that's what I thought as I watched those painters be their amazing selves. And I'm wondering if anyone else has drawn connections like that. What do other, seemingly unrelated things teach you about writing?
Too cheesy? It could be fun though.
Every painter has a different method. Some "start with the bones" as my father always taught me. Some start with the flesh and add the bones later. They use all kinds of different brushes, paints and tools. Many of them swear by the way they choose to paint, but I look at the finished projects and they're beautiful, no matter how they began.
So I think maybe painting is like writing that way. Whether you write linear or scattered, whether you write every day or in passionate spurts, what matters is the finished product. The trick is to find what works for you.
Anyway, that's what I thought as I watched those painters be their amazing selves. And I'm wondering if anyone else has drawn connections like that. What do other, seemingly unrelated things teach you about writing?
Too cheesy? It could be fun though.
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