something I am grateful for today

[johncomic]

learning to see and say good things about my work

A frequent topic of conversation with Barbara is how I feel about my drawing. For years she has insisted that I am far too self-critical and don't have an objective view of its merits. So I have been making an effort to pay more attention to feedback I get from others, to see if I can find out some of what they see that I don't.

It has occurred to me that, in this past year, more than once someone has said that the characters I draw are "fluid and alive". The same was said about my animal drawings a while ago, even though I see them as beginner student pieces. Today I find that I can look at what I draw... and agree that, yes, I often see fluidity and life in them. And those are good things, things which I am trying to capture. There may be are other technical shortcomings in them, but most of the time I also manage to capture the spark of life, if nothing else. And it makes me feel good to be able to see that, and to acknowledge it to myself.

I hope this is the most braggy I will ever get, I don't wanna become insufferable...