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Training Montage, Part Six
Sep. 7th, 2017 09:09 amThere's an expression in Japanese that roughly translates as "You can see a lot of great scenery if you start from the bottom." Someone mentioned it at work yesterday, and it really resonated with me, especially in terms of how much I suck at art.
I'm not usually in the business of applying aphorisms to my life, but I think the fact of me not being any good means that I can try a lot of new things without having to worry too much if something doesn't work out. I'm therefore thinking about going to an event hosted by the DC Zine Lab next Thursday just to see what's up. If it's strange and unpleasant, I can bow out like a boss, but then again it might actually be cool? If nothing else, the city of DC spends a lot of money on its public libraries, so at least the architecture of the meeting space will be interesting.
Also, it's supposed to be sunny and warm tomorrow, so I've already let people know that I'm going to be leaving work early. My plan is to have a leisurely Friday afternoon drink at a hotel bar in Dupont Circle and, thus fortified, head over to Fantom Comics to ask about drawing groups.
I also decided to go ahead and try to pull off my "Let's Draw Zelda Characters from Memory" idea at Anime USA, which is apparently being held in December (instead of October; bad decisions were made) this year. I'm going to need to start thinking about what this will entail, but not just yet. One step at a time, my dudes, one step at a time.
I know that sincerity and enthusiasm are not cool, but I will BE BRAVE and FACE LIFE!!
I'm not usually in the business of applying aphorisms to my life, but I think the fact of me not being any good means that I can try a lot of new things without having to worry too much if something doesn't work out. I'm therefore thinking about going to an event hosted by the DC Zine Lab next Thursday just to see what's up. If it's strange and unpleasant, I can bow out like a boss, but then again it might actually be cool? If nothing else, the city of DC spends a lot of money on its public libraries, so at least the architecture of the meeting space will be interesting.
Also, it's supposed to be sunny and warm tomorrow, so I've already let people know that I'm going to be leaving work early. My plan is to have a leisurely Friday afternoon drink at a hotel bar in Dupont Circle and, thus fortified, head over to Fantom Comics to ask about drawing groups.
I also decided to go ahead and try to pull off my "Let's Draw Zelda Characters from Memory" idea at Anime USA, which is apparently being held in December (instead of October; bad decisions were made) this year. I'm going to need to start thinking about what this will entail, but not just yet. One step at a time, my dudes, one step at a time.
I know that sincerity and enthusiasm are not cool, but I will BE BRAVE and FACE LIFE!!
