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Postcard roll call! Sketch-a-whenever #4
Jan. 28th, 2010 11:08 amIf you gave me your address and have not received a postcard yet, please drop me a comment. Two of my immediate family didn't get theirs, so I'm paranoid about delivery rates. If you didn't give me your address but want to now, that post is open for business indefinitely.
Prompt: Trapped in a company meeting for an hour. This is cheating. I always draw this stuff. But I tried three forms of inspiration today and didn't feel like drawing anything representational, and people keep pointing out that this Counts.
PostCrossing has been incredibly useful for me. The original hope was that I'd open my life-administrative mail more often, which has happened to a small extent. The larger change is that I have been picking up a pen to just contact someone, usually a stranger, a couple times a week. This is shifting my attitude toward
So hooray. Well worth the fairly sizeable amount of cash I've been dropping on an increasingly alarming number of postcards. I own something like 800 postcards now, postage for years, four varietals of classy stationery. Reaching out to people is worth it, even if my brain feels the need to absurdly overstock to feel secure.
Prompt: Trapped in a company meeting for an hour. This is cheating. I always draw this stuff. But I tried three forms of inspiration today and didn't feel like drawing anything representational, and people keep pointing out that this Counts.PostCrossing has been incredibly useful for me. The original hope was that I'd open my life-administrative mail more often, which has happened to a small extent. The larger change is that I have been picking up a pen to just contact someone, usually a stranger, a couple times a week. This is shifting my attitude toward
- phone calls to my bank
- sending mail to old friends and grandparents
- talking to my boss when I'm stuck
- doing one piece of work when I'm stuck
- posting on LJ
- inviting people over and making dates
- pick up my pen to draw
- use my newfound comfort with the scanner to scan drawings
So hooray. Well worth the fairly sizeable amount of cash I've been dropping on an increasingly alarming number of postcards. I own something like 800 postcards now, postage for years, four varietals of classy stationery. Reaching out to people is worth it, even if my brain feels the need to absurdly overstock to feel secure.
