Get me back to shore!

January 25, 2024

I don’t like how I’ve been drowning in social media lately. I open up Instagram, and it’s like I get amnesia about why I’m on it in the first place. There are times when I NEED to post things but right when I see the feed, I forget all about it.

I used to have self-control, but now I get easily sucked into non-stop scrolling. I see all the cool creative things that others are doing and daydream about my creative work as I scroll. The thing is, I’m daydreaming and not doing. Daydreaming and doing are not the same thing. I daydream a lot.

I want to get into drawing from everyday life again, and I have, but daydreaming about it has been winning so far.

I’ve been gravitating towards watching YouTube videos from Koosje Koone again. She brings me back to my roots of why I started drawing in the first place. What I admire about her work is that it’s not about creating prints or selling art; it’s about capturing what’s around you because drawing makes life better.

I think that’s where I need to go: drawing for the sake of drawing. Yes, I have my ideas of creating a stationery line and doing some kind of video interaction on social media, but the ghost of joy’s past is calling me to play with drawing again.

I’m already planning on taking my new sketchbook with me on my trip to my parent’s house next week. I want to be intentional about drawing just because. I need to tap into that side of me again and get back to shore.