Everyday, I try my hardest to develop my creativity. Whether it's something related to making art, solving a problem at work, or mundane tasks at home, I go the route, "What is a fun and unique way to do this?" This approach keeps fear and boredom at bay and who knows, I might just learn something new from it.
I was reading a book on improving one's writing skills and one advice the author gave (I'm sorry I can't recall who it was) was to "Take home a face." She meant being observant in your daily life. Choose a person and take him or her to your writing desk. Describe him or her in detail -- this will help give animation to your writing.
I took her suggestion and used it for both sketching and writing. Here, let me show you a some of the faces I took home:
![sketchbook, pages from my sketchbook, take home a face, everyday people, everyday stories, drawing, blah to TADA!, man at the supermarket](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0VpLo_ZrKFIqEwzGHAkrY4M3q3ibfgq08nWsBUy_6IBSwlma-6go3LY9SRVP_ySyOrNAJQ4ehYeUoJ3-2nnaGA1YtNwr3oEwZDYwBI2G320IgIi2v-J2pteygg1jlwYTJ_hlSwq0xJQ/s640/EverydayPeople1a.jpg) |
"The Man at the Supermarket" |
![sketchbook, pages from my sketchbook, take home a face, everyday people, everyday stories, drawing, blah to TADA!, man at the coffee shop, Private Investigator](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAuMqWOX22qd3-lziIE3OGiYOlP9u0jW_hotizVvj_CIBOxf3FEH7HEdZAGKiBvemXihUxbcrY0NEiXE8rucB-5xWTXb-tIlyV6vNLH5XV0eVqPFOei2trSs4KzN_e1JsLkGFYqBKuKA/s640/EverydayPeople1b.jpg) |
"The Man at the Coffee Shop" |
![sketchbook, pages from my sketchbook, take home a face, everyday people, everyday stories, drawing, blah to TADA!, ladies at the airport, The Snow Sisters](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYDq1ASNuDBTa3eW3AejN4XlpC4Im0dTL3hg8UnKcqDkZsCaTvYbe2djNiOjd_yHbaelgE_zSR0FAYNSEH90yfWgDBU8u_joy6ZK3U6gsKS4pKH0S3m5qj03a58hvyMKQP2230vO6KLw/s640/EverydayPeople1d.jpg) |
"The Snow Sisters" |
![sketchbook, pages from my sketchbook, take home a face, everyday people, everyday stories, drawing, blah to TADA!, man on the bus, Modern Day Dracula](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSXxyHcFmVRNXcw2YuRVnf_YA2ABU64lggP4o8e9tvyIOS0l4lkkDev3EDppIr-Th7kw5_ZNf2RXXQCOvz02YF9qAoPsc4FCy5b5rZm7_kpFDtlzqImRq6mzKC566Mv56e1QOOlSpAq4/s640/EverydayPeople1c.jpg) |
"Modern Day Dracula" |
![sketchbook, pages from my sketchbook, take home a face, everyday people, everyday stories, drawing, blah to TADA!, girl at the museum, Strawberry Girl](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlptRvLkqy6LXaTbp4eCl1fL4d2KJQOQ7kyQWzL3lp7JkpEs_Su82o8RVuDCTNT-VVYgIMNP20YvbKGsddjqQjD1-7u0fF1FXvp2yLgOoPREdP4vyyU0PTsvoEA2r00WrQpt6MLYtkdQ8/s640/EverydayPeople1e.jpg) |
"Strawberry Girl" |
I hope I can do this exercise often to allow me to "be present" and appreciate the world around me.
I like to write, too. I think "taking home a face" is a really cool exercise. Your private investigator guy is interesting. Maybe he was spying on someone at the coffee shop.:-)
ReplyDeleteI know, right?! I should've followed him ;) Thanks, Priscilla!
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