When I signed up to take a botanical drawing class at UC Berkeley, I didn’t know I would be in for such a treat. The unexpected treat was learning to do the opposite of how we usually approach life in general. If our drawings were precise and tight we were instructed to buy newsprint and free hand draw with a huge crayon and then throw it away. If our life was wild and out of control we did just the opposite. The wild thing required drawing with precision within an outlined box. Learning the disciplined mind was the challenge. Within a week or two everyone in the class found a new lease on life and art! I’ve never seen such remarkable change in my own abilities. I was jazzed!
I learned to step out of my own limitations into a world of new possibilities. I’ll talk more about the class in another post. For now, I highly recommend doing something out of the ordinary today. It may just surprise you.
