(un)fencing the mind » practicing http://elmine.wijnia.com/weblog Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:26:36 +0000 en hourly 1 Why did I stop? (14) http://elmine.wijnia.com/weblog/2009/12/why-did-i-stop-14/ http://elmine.wijnia.com/weblog/2009/12/why-did-i-stop-14/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:34:58 +0000 Elmine Wijnia http://elmine.wijnia.com/weblog/?p=196 Sometimes I wish I was better at drawing. I often have ideas in my head that I ’see’ when I think about it, but can’t translate that into images so I can share it with others.

The other day I was reflecting on why I’m not that good at drawing and came to the conclusion that at some point in time I stopped drawing, and thus stopped practicing. At my school it wasn’t taught beyond the age of 16. Drawing classes only continued for the exceptional talented kids on our school, who wanted to get into artschools. Since I wasn’t one of them, I stopped drawing.

Only now I realize that being able to translate ideas into visual stuff is important to me. I’m good with words and language, but sometimes a drawing is the only thing to explain what is going on inside my head. Question is, can I convince myself that sucking at drawing (and others being so much better at it) shouldn’t discourage me of doing it?

(practice, practice, practice(although I’m not headed for pro-status on this))

(about the number in the title)

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