Good article. I would add to that last item about stepping beyond your usual information bubble to also step out your door and explore the actual world around you. Get away from the screens, books, and other formats of media transmission and touch, smell, feel, taste, and see the physical world around you. Maybe you take it for granted. It's always there. Sometimes it's annoying with its noise, air pollution, and frantic pace of people, but stop and experience it on a deeper level. Connect the world outside your door to the media world you usually consume.
How true what you say. I hadn't thought about it when writing the text, but you're absolutely right. Many times the problem we have is that we live in digital bubbles. Out there, in the street all kinds of events happen and if you are attentive, you will see details that will make you reflect.
This is what a friend of mine used to say: “when you look with curiosity, everything becomes interesting”. He said this while we were walking around the city.
Yup, he gets it. There's an artist who has a beautiful Substack and has published three books about drawing/painting your world. Samantha Dion Baker encourages her readers to draw the daily bits of their lives, the small things, from flowers to cracks in the sidewalk, all the way up to large things like buildings and monuments. Check her out, Alvaro. I think you'll enjoy her work.
Oh, I took a look at it and I felt like drawing! It's been a long time since I did it, I think I will do it from time to time about those everyday moments that I come across in my day to day. I usually carry a notebook with me, I'll use it for this!
Yes, creating together is a great idea. In fact, I like to get together with some friends of mine who are also artists (fiction writers and painters) to talk about what they do. Sometimes they've given me ideas for nonfiction writing; it's funny how such distant perspectives give me ideas for my writing. And yes, I see it the same way you do: it's a lot of fun if you can do it together :)
Good article. I would add to that last item about stepping beyond your usual information bubble to also step out your door and explore the actual world around you. Get away from the screens, books, and other formats of media transmission and touch, smell, feel, taste, and see the physical world around you. Maybe you take it for granted. It's always there. Sometimes it's annoying with its noise, air pollution, and frantic pace of people, but stop and experience it on a deeper level. Connect the world outside your door to the media world you usually consume.
Hi Sue! :)
How true what you say. I hadn't thought about it when writing the text, but you're absolutely right. Many times the problem we have is that we live in digital bubbles. Out there, in the street all kinds of events happen and if you are attentive, you will see details that will make you reflect.
This is what a friend of mine used to say: “when you look with curiosity, everything becomes interesting”. He said this while we were walking around the city.
Yup, he gets it. There's an artist who has a beautiful Substack and has published three books about drawing/painting your world. Samantha Dion Baker encourages her readers to draw the daily bits of their lives, the small things, from flowers to cracks in the sidewalk, all the way up to large things like buildings and monuments. Check her out, Alvaro. I think you'll enjoy her work.
Oh, I took a look at it and I felt like drawing! It's been a long time since I did it, I think I will do it from time to time about those everyday moments that I come across in my day to day. I usually carry a notebook with me, I'll use it for this!
Thanks for sharing these techniques. I particularly loved number 4: Collaborate! It is so much fun to create together!
Hi Anabella! :)
Yes, creating together is a great idea. In fact, I like to get together with some friends of mine who are also artists (fiction writers and painters) to talk about what they do. Sometimes they've given me ideas for nonfiction writing; it's funny how such distant perspectives give me ideas for my writing. And yes, I see it the same way you do: it's a lot of fun if you can do it together :)
Meeting other artists and sharing creative practices sounds wonderful. I'll implement your idea!
:)