This week we have a useful vacuum cleaner attachment - a very worthy art subject, I wonder if one has ever been drawn before?! A gorgeous dog rose (I can see it in the hedge now, gloriously pink); a very well used playstation controller; a set of old but perfectly functioning binoculars to help see the beautiful birds in the trees; and a drawing of a person drawing - caught in the act!
‘Be here. Now. Art stops time. When you draw or paint what’s around you, you see it for what it is. Instead of living in a virtual world, as we do most of the time these days, you will be present in the real one. Instead of focusing on all the things whirring in your head, you will be able to stop, clear your mind, take a deep breath, and just be.’ - Danny Gregory
This week sit in front of your subject matter and draw it. See if it is true for you that whilst drawing you are present in the real world and not in a virtual world.
Extra activity: as well as drawing your subject matter, take a photo of it. What do you notice about your experience of life (and yourself) with the two activities?
