2 Don’t break the line – pictures
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“I find the making of marks a liberating experience that enables me to connect to the world without the use of traditional forms of language”. Sui Kim – artist Look around you and find objects to draw: the mundane and the humdrum, things that fill our everyday life. Focus on an object near you, isolate everything else and create a continual line drawing. This works best after a warm-up activity like those for ‘map my mind’. This activity is all about connecting with what fills your space and place, the objects, nature, people that surround us. You can do this on the train, bus on a lunch break or at home.
The first drawing should be stationary. Really look and focus, start in one continual line not lifting the nib off the paper. You will end up with bridging lines – they are the invisible connections we don’t often see or think about. Try not looking at the page, only the object and focus your full attention; this level of concentration will help centre and slow you down. Once you gain confidence you can take this activity to new and more challenging levels including moving people and objects, architectural forms and internal spaces. I recommend sitting in parks, coffee shops and other places where you can feel calm and relaxed and not be disturbed too much whilst still connecting with the world you exist in.
Being creative keeps you well
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