While looking over my drawings in therapy Dr. D said something interesting about boundaries. He noted that even in my artwork there are few boundaries. Everything swirls together. Objects share space and go wherever they please. Later at home I decided to try and sketch a piece that has boundaries. Little did I know it would be so difficult that I gave up on it.
I started out simple, a house and a tree. I couldn’t think of what else to put in it so I pictured my neighbors house. After that mental image I added a walk way and mailbox. I was frustrated by then so I jotted down what I thought. (See gallery for close ups) The first thing I remember feeling was how rigid it was to draw an image in it’s own space. The tree doesn’t grow through the house, just up through the ground. The door isn’t over sized and the walkway is a normal everyday walkway instead of one that winds around the house, over it and everywhere but to the door itself. That is what I would have done with the sketch had I not taken the challenge of boundaries.
As I said, the piece was frustrating so I moved on to art I could do and enjoy. The below sketch is an answer to the boundary challenge.
The first thing I felt was relief. I like the sound of the pencil when it hits the paper and strokes up. I like that sound! I don’t recall hearing the pencil in the first sketch. I just know the second one let me express myself more. It is of course in my typical fashion of everywhere and everything out of place. The lady is on her belly hugging a small tree. Her arm is another body. Her hair blows back the same as her scarf which is the ground a house sits on. The end of her scarf is a field of poppies.
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