something I am grateful for today
Sep. 6th, 2020 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johncomicfeeling competent
Today I am on day two of a migraine, and looking for some way to distract myself from it. I debated starting a new painting, since the light is good today, but told myself, No, I think I'll do some cartooning, I can relax with that a bit better.
And I realized what this means.
Painting is still something I need to focus intensely on. I feel like a rank noob, I go slow and second-guess myself every step of the way. But when I draw comics, there is still focus, but it's less scrunched-up concentration and more meditative mindfulness. I feel like I know what I'm doing and can simply rest in that. And today I am taking pleasure in that sense of “knowing what I'm doing”...
Today I am on day two of a migraine, and looking for some way to distract myself from it. I debated starting a new painting, since the light is good today, but told myself, No, I think I'll do some cartooning, I can relax with that a bit better.
And I realized what this means.
Painting is still something I need to focus intensely on. I feel like a rank noob, I go slow and second-guess myself every step of the way. But when I draw comics, there is still focus, but it's less scrunched-up concentration and more meditative mindfulness. I feel like I know what I'm doing and can simply rest in that. And today I am taking pleasure in that sense of “knowing what I'm doing”...
