how to draw / how to live

1. get out of bed
2. open the curtains (look out the window)
3. use the bathroom (smile in the mirror no matter what)
4. eat something tasty (or eat something easy)
5. sit at your desk (pick up your pencil)
6. remember your friends (remember your hobbies) (and what you went through to get here)
7. think about how far you've come (you're living again)
8. draw two circles
9. turn on some music (because you forgot to) (and turn it up)
10. open the window (weather and time permitting)
11. sit at your desk again (did you get water?)
12. draw loops and squiggles and scratches (don't draw anything solid)
13. have fun with it
14. turn the loops into cylinders (use them for form)
15. think of a pleasant memory (no matter how difficult)
16. accept that things are different now (you don't have to go back ever again)
17. use your loops to draw a cat
18. play on your canvas (draw to the music) (focus on sensation) (focus on rhythm) (focus on the act of drawing) (don't think hard about the end product)
19. think about how far you've come (you're drawing again)
20. take a break (message a friend to say hello)
21. pick up your pencil (draw what your friend reminds you of)
22. look at what you've drawn (you drew something!) (it didn't have to be perfect) (it won't be perfect) (but it will be finished)
23. have fun with it
24. think about how far you've come (you're drawing again) (you're living again)
25. make thumbnail sketches (tiny) (not detailed) (rough) (anything goes)
26. put the pencil down (you did a good job) (you let the drawings breathe) (you let yourself breathe)
27. play a game (any game you like)
28. find something that strikes you (color or shape or concept or...)
29. bring it back to your drawing board (and experiment)
30. create something new and different (something you can iterate on) (don't make it perfect) (focus on the process and not the output)
31. compliment yourself (what do you think you did well?) (what do you want to try next?)
32. have fun with it
33. think about how far you've come (you're drawing again) (you're living again)
34. continue...

	listening to: the heartwood - PLA ost
	playing: pokemon legends arceus
	feeling: optimistic
	outside it is: sunny