PEMBROKE DESIGNS

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We are co-creators, shaping ourselves,
each other, and our environment.

Index:

2012
Finish work
Following footsteps
Digging
Dirt and beets
Thinning seeds
On self centeredness
Lost and found, again
Two feet walking
I a line
Culture gone bad
Making waves

2011
The Perfect Fit
Cancer
Uncertainty
Time marches on
It's about time
Hovering
Lost and found

2010
Time stands still
Perspective
Stream of consciousness
Control

Making Waves

Skip ahead two months!, and into 2012. Hurray! I've been busy building a sustainable structure for the future at the website, and am quite pleased with Fit, Form, Ride & Road. More work to fill in, make things pretty, and organize a sensible plan for maintenance, but atleast my vision is in place.

Onward to Drawing Lessons! My husband sounded not too leery, potentially interested, in drawing lessons. This feels like a door just wide enough for me to wedge my foot in. I feel strongly that the world of drawing, or enhanced doodling, is a bundle of potential waiting to expand -- unexplored territory and unmet needs.

So to jump in.

You're listening at a business meeting, or taking an online learning course. Studies prove that doodling helps, rather than hurts, attention. It's natural, why not?

The toolbox from grade school begins with stick men, tic-tac-toe boards, houses, suns, and smoke in the chimney.

Okay, stop there, with the smoke in the chimney. You know that smoke curves and bends and looks - how do you say it - groovy. But the thin line on the page is not satisfying. Why?

Spend time on the lines. If the smoke coming out of that chimney is the most important part of the picture, repeat your lines, deepen them. Spend time thinking about the making of the fire, and what the room inside by the fireplace feels like. Who is there? What do you hear?

Now perhaps the smoke looks more complete, and by comparison the house looks insubstantial. Add some thickness to the lines at the base of the house. Accentuate the feeling of gravity. Don't worry about realism, because that is only a piece of the puzzle in doodling. Doodling is about you, your feelings, your connectedness to the moment. The only reason for realism is so you can identify what is going on in the image. Symbols work fine, even silly ones.

Almost time to go. Lunch break nearing closure, and a meeting of my own to attend to.

Challenge idea: Think about spending time on lines, and add to the mix the concept of analog verus digital signals. What new Valentine's Day hearts can you create?

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May we all find our vision, learn our way,
define our path, and meet our purpose.