@stillwatersart, I can't believe the amount of MIND-GARBAGE I had/have regarding art!
Most of it revolves around a hard-to-unroot belief that art is an (expensive) indulgence, for which there isn't enough time or money.
Being 'bad' at it, or making messes/ugly errors isn't so bad... it's the wasted resources and materials that freeze me from making a first stroke.
So I tricked my own self, by starting on a crumpled piece of scratch paper! Less pressure :-)
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