http://drawingonthepromises.com/everyday-creativity.htm brand + creativity + design Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://drawingonthepromises.com/everyday-creativity.htm/comment-page-1#comment-150 Jonathan Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:29:00 +0000 http://drawingonthepromises.com/everyday-creativity.htm#comment-150 My son is only two but he is already making his mark - there on crayon markings on the walls and floors and funiture all over our house and there is hardly a single key on either of my two computers keyboards in my home that don't have magic marker streaks on them. It's only a matter of time before he draws something on a piece of paper he is really proud of. And I am dreading the day because I am afraid I will respond like the art director I have become, never quite satisfied and always pushing for perfection. But my son has something that I do not; he, and I figure most like him who do not design for a living, do not fear the white canvas the way I do. Perfection doesn't even enter the equation. He is free to make sheep purple, the sun green and the people every color in between. I only hope I will be able to put down my golden pencil long enough to discover the kind of freedom he will experience during the imagination of his youth. My son is only two but he is already making his mark – there on crayon markings on the walls and floors and funiture all over our house and there is hardly a single key on either of my two computers keyboards in my home that don’t have magic marker streaks on them. It’s only a matter of time before he draws something on a piece of paper he is really proud of. And I am dreading the day because I am afraid I will respond like the art director I have become, never quite satisfied and always pushing for perfection. But my son has something that I do not; he, and I figure most like him who do not design for a living, do not fear the white canvas the way I do. Perfection doesn’t even enter the equation. He is free to make sheep purple, the sun green and the people every color in between. I only hope I will be able to put down my golden pencil long enough to discover the kind of freedom he will experience during the imagination of his youth.

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