Ok, so the first part is about avoiding maths…
But the second part is something I’ve recently become a little bit obsessed with: moving at a human pace.
So much of what we’re asked to do, and where we place our attention, has us moving out of sync with ourselves.
Phones have us absorbing information faster than we can assimilate it.
The culture we’re part of asks for outputs that don’t match our natural rhythms.
A lot of us are feeling a bit scrambled, out of sync, and (frankly) exhausted, all the stuff and all the things leaving us scattered mentally, physically, and emotionally.
Which is why making stuff — making all the lovely things — matters so much. Not just for the obvious reasons (paint all the birbs! Draw all the birbs!), but because it actually allows you to catch up with yourself.
It gathers all your scattered pieces and arranges them into something you recognise.
So if you’re looking for a reason to sit down this weekend and make some art, I can’t think of a better one than that.
Happy mark-making, my friends.
xx Jane