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Had a talk with my neighbor about his garage paintings
My neighbor Bill is 72 and he paints every night after dinner. He showed me a stack of his old canvases from the 90s and they were honestly terrible. But he said something that stuck with me. He told me the ugly ones are the only ones that teach you anything because you remember making every mistake. I used to throw away my bad drawings right away. Now I keep them in a folder and look back after a few months. Has anyone else started holding onto their failed sketches?
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anthony_lane5517d ago
Kept a sketchbook from art school 20 years ago. Dug it out last month. Couldn't believe how bad it was. Faces looked like potatoes with noses drawn on. Kept it anyway. Got a good laugh out of it.
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carter.jennifer16d ago
Anthony Lane's potatoes probably had more character than my first attempts at self-portraits...
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