You have a plant in your house. Draw it.
It’s so ordinary. And so interesting.
The light reflects differently from the leaves. Some leaves appear very dark; some almost vanish in the intense light.
Pay attention to the spaces between the leaves: the distinction between positive and negative space evaporates.
You’re seeing shapes. Sit still in your quarantine room and see this play of shapes in front of you. Dark, light, dark, light.
Never seen anything like it before. No idea what this thing is called. Words fail you. Who needs words. You are drawing.
Could it be, that intense focus is our greatest pleasure?
Drawing by Mary Shieldsmith. Graphite on paper, 18” x 12”
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artamaze by Katherine Hilden 