I did.
I picked it up and I used it to make lines on a bit of paper.
I feel… Good about this.
It was the first time in many, many years I’ve drawn properly. I’ve been struggling with it for a while now, feeling like I’m wasting my life, hating almost every second of retail (but feeling utterly trapped in it as it’s the only thing I know). When I was younger I never saw a future in art or design for me as I didn’t feel good enough to make a career out of it. Now I’m older, I’ve realised I love being creative, and regardless of whether I can or can’t make money from it, I should just do it!
Jane noticed my plight, and tasked me to create the famous Yiberdeedo. Four lines of text was all I had to go on, and they described the fantastical world it lives in rather than the creature itself. I just had a little brainstorm about what kind of fantastical creature would live in such a fantastical world, then, this evening, just started jamming. Pencil to paper. And it felt great. Really great. So many ideas coming so fast, I felt alive.
I really must continue this course of action.
