Dear Intimacy,
What would you have me know today?
i don’t feel like drawing or making photographs…..
but today margot and i sat down to draw (miles wanted to practice his lines for his upcoming theatre production of alice in wonderland jr - he’s the doorknob!). betty edwards is teaching us to draw a profile. betty starts by asking us to carefully look at the features on your face and where the eyes are placed. apparently a lot of people when learning to draw (including van gogh!) cut off the top of the head by placing the eyes too high up on the face. along with drawing the neck too skinny, i cut off the top of heads!
i also know that hope is a big part of the healing from injury process (and i know! a tiny fracture in my metatarsal in the grand scheme of things is not a big deal!). when i was initially injured i was dreaming every night of running! running over roof tops, running through the trails. maybe i’m at a low point in my healing process :(
my drawing feels very “adult” compared to margot’s drawing (below)
how great is this drawing of margot! she got the eye placement! and her hair is actually that long!!! ANOTHER BEAUTY EMERGENCY