When I walked out of Costco with my receipt I asked Mike, standing at the exit checking receipts, if he would draw a smiley face on my receipt. He said, "I can't draw. I failed drawing." Mike hesitated to draw a simple smiley face because he thought he couldn't draw. He didn't believe in …
Drawing
There are no mistakes in art
Yes, that's right. There are no mistakes in art. If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes. ― Pablo Picasso I know I can't see your drawing; the one in the back of your sketchbook. You think it doesn't look like green beans; the green beans are in the pot cooking now. Your sketch …
Say no to the good so you can say yes to the best.
It's hard to say no to the good. If you read my story from a few weeks ago, Risk Failure and Try to be Aunt Harriet, you know I auditioned for a part in a play, and I didn't get the part. I wish I hadn't auditioned. It would have taken more courage to not audition than it took to …