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Get the Picture?

December 15, 2017 By Nancy Casey

Pick something that’s in front of you that’s not going to move in the next half hour.  Draw it.  Can’t draw?  No problem, draw it anyway.

Drawing is the process of looking at something and making marks on paper.  That’s all that’s required of you.  (The rest is just judgement.)

After you have drawn the thing once, draw it again.  And again.  You can draw the whole thing, or just a part of it.  Just keep drawing until there is no room left on the page.  Then take a careful look at what you’ve done.

On a second page, write about what your drawing experiment was like.

Give your work a title and write the date on it.

Here is a more detailed version of these directions.

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Nancy blogs weekly for the Latah Recovery Community Center, sharing writing ideas that support self-awareness and self-esteem.


Looking for an art project that is secretly full of math? Or a math project that results in interesting art? Equilateral Triangle is an Inquiry Pack full of project ideas that will keep you thinking for a long time.


Writing classes and workshops

In-person Write-For-You workshops at the Latah Recovery Center have been suspended for a bit, but you can still do the writing prompts on your own. For more information, about the Write for You program, or if you are in recovery and interested in writing coaching, contact Nancy.


 

Let’s Talk About It

This is a program that supports reading and discussion in libraries throughout the state of Idaho.

Working with the Program Committee, I updated the theme The Humanity of Science and Technology.


Schedule of 2023-24 Let’s Talk About It sessions coming soon!


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