A second answer and Aristotle

I think that this year I've rediscovered my love for drawing + painting. There have been so many times in the past when I've felt like drawing, randomly while just chillin with family or friends somewhere. I like having something going on with my hands. You might know of the saying that "Idle hands are the devil's playground". That's sort of how I feel when I'm not able to draw whenever I want to while outside or sometimes inside places. Now I try to bring pencils and pens everywhere I go. It's also convenient for when I get one of the free daily newspapers and I want to complete the Sudoku puzzle or take a stab at the crossword. More importantly, when I'm drawing a place or a person, I know that nobody else will ever create that image or recreate the likeness or appearance of that person or place exactly how I did. It feels more personal to me than to take a photo. That's not to say that taking a good photograph isn't a skill anymore. The skills needed to take a good photo are similar to those needed to create a drawing or painting. It's just more immediate since the advancement that is digital photography. Doing a drawing of somebody is very personal to me. Especially if it's somebody that I think is interesting, inspiring, or a close family member or friend. It's so personal because I'll want to put all my efforts, insight into drawing and painting methods, and creativity into it. Make of that whatever you will.

Over analyze my compulsion to repeatedly draw a certain person on youtube who shall be unmentioned stating.....NOW!!!

I've been reading Aristotle's Poetics for the last few days. I like his assessment of what makes good writing, a good poet, and how he likens it all to the painter and painting. There's so much that's quotable from it but for some reason specific examples are eluding me right now. I gotta write up a response to it over the next few days. I think that I'll focus on what Aristotle thinks are well constructed stories and his references to painting and the creative process.

I hope that wasn't too painful to read. I feel a bit refreshed after getting that out of my system.

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