Fill in waiting time. If you carry a pen with you, even without a sketchbook, you will never be bored or waste time again. Instead, you can use that time to create art. Draw the chair in the doctor’s waiting room or fill in the space between the cars on the subway. You can make every moment count.
Big A Art, and little a art
Not everybody can make Art, but everybody can make art. We all think that art is for the artists, but Gregory sets us straight. Yes, he says Art is for artists, but art is for the rest of us. He writes:
Art is a business, an industry, a racket. art is about passion, love, life, humanity – everything that is truly valuable.
Art is sold, resold, put under the gavel, and insured up the wazoo. art with a small “a” is not a product. It’s a point of view. It’s a way of life.
Art is made by trained professionals and experts. art is made by accountants, farmers, and stay-at-home moms at restaurant tables, in parking lots, and laundry rooms.
Art takes Art School and Talent and years of Suffering and Sacrifice. art just takes desire and 15 minutes a day.
You may not be an Artist. Big whoop. But I know you can make art – with a wonderful, expressive, teeny, tiny a.
So can you make art? In his book, Gregory gives you exercises to work on daily just five to ten minutes each day, that can help you create your own art. Give it a try! You might turn the chaos around you into an ordered beautiful piece of art.
Register now for a Social Thinking workshop by Michelle Garcia Winner on November 16, 2016. Please call Mrs. Schonfeld at 718-382-5437 for more information.
