This is a place where it is okay to be silly.
- Lines are movements, let them dance.
- Accidents are beautiful.
- Overworked is the enemy.
- Over-thought is the enemy.
- Smiles and laughter are not just important, they are noble, elevating, aesthetic experiences.
- Respect the integrity of your chosen media, embrace the quirks of your chosen media.
- Experiment!
- Practice acceptance.
- Respond!
- Improvise!
- Let people see what you make especially the pieces that make you nervous.
- Art is Love for everybody.
- We make art on Earth. We are Earthlings one and all and only one planet is open for business.
- Choose Mudita over Schadenfreude.
- Glory in color.
- Strive to bring the feeling of color even when using only a black pen on white paper.
- Even a single line can be beautiful.
- Even a single line can be profound.
- Your hand knows its business – don’t be too swift to judge it when it surprises you.
- Doodling is openness to the essential.
- When in doubt, draw a bird.
- When in doubt, draw a bunny.
- When in doubt, write a word in the middle of the page. Love is a great word to choose.
- Believe in every line you draw.
- When in doubt, be simple and spare.
- When in doubt, be complex and turbulent.
- When in doubt about starting, make a single random mark on the canvas or page.
- When in doubt about finishing, stop and walk away. If you’re not finished you’ll know it when you come back.
- Poems love doodles and doodles love poems.
- Grownups deserve art that is joyful without being jaded, mawkish, ironic or saccharine. They need it at least as much as kids do.
- Give yourself permission to put your whole heart into what you do.
- Give yourself permission to love the silly, the whimsical, the absurd.
- When in doubt, draw!
- When certain, draw!
- Draw! Draw! Draw!
- Hug unreservedly.
I declare this place is a silo full of whimsy.
Let it be a haven for hugs, love, cats, dogs, birds, beasts, and all those who carry a smile in their hearts.