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I made something, I thought. And I think it's beautiful. Because I made it.
I don't really have any talent with paints or pastels or pencils (yes, even pencils. My handwriting is terrible, and as for my drawing skills...well. We won't go there). But I had so much fun making this. My hand shook for the most part, but once I got used to forming the letters after I practiced on newspaper, it came a little bit more easily.
It's not perfect. No, it's definitely not perfect. But I made it. I created it. And because of that, and because of what it stands for, I will cherish it and keep it on my wall.
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Bekah Joan
I understand perfectly. My handwriting is so bad when I was a teenager my dad would ask me to print instead of writing cursive so he could actually read the notes I would leave him. I've tried to draw but the pencil never does what I tell it to. I'd love to create visual art, but I never feel like I have the eye for it. But whenever I do make something, no matter how off it may be, it makes me happy because I have put something concrete out into the world, something that can stand distinct from me.
ReplyDeleteI think this is important for writers to do because so often what we create spends so much time as words on a page and electrons on a hard drive. Sometimes I just want the rush of starting and finishing something in a relatively short amount of time that becomes an object, a thing to be looked at and appreciated.
Yes, yes, YES! Gabby, I agree completely. <3
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