". . . It’s meant to be a workbook" (p. 11).
While reading is important to learning and growth - this book is really meant to be an exercise in creative self-discovery. That takes dedication to process and well, time. That’s what I encourage you to do this week.
This week I want to encourage you to choose any assignment from Chapter 2: Looking (p. 13-40) and do it!
Honestly when reading that chapter, Corita echoes of “do it” are loud and clear (p. 15, 16). In chapter one, LOOKING, I get excited with what this text is inviting us to do. She’s taking us along on a journey into one's own creative process, asking where does our creativity come from? To Corita, you can discover this through your looking skills. Her assignments in this chapter are simple, yet constantly growing practices in using drawing as a way to connect to the world around us - “actively developing our seeing muscles” something that takes “constant, disciplined use” (p. 33). While also sharing that nonsense is a valuable contribution to one’s sense diary (19).
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