Drawing Plump Worms

July 7, 2018 ~ bsdonovan ~ 5 Comments

More Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Another exercise is to draw your hand without looking at your paper. Just get lost in the shapes and let your hand draw what you see. Below is my first try. I got pretty lost. The exercise was five minutes. I used a timer. But I … Continue reading Drawing Plump Worms

Cycling in the Dark

April 23, 2015 ~ bsdonovan ~ 2 Comments

I just started a new job, same company, different location. The new location is closer to home, only about 12 miles away. About 9 of those miles are on a cycling path along a river. This is rare in Japan, and I count myself lucky. Most roads are not much wider than a US city … Continue reading Cycling in the Dark

Comfy Chairs

April 20, 2015April 23, 2015 ~ bsdonovan ~ 2 Comments

I'm sure you've heard about getting outside of your comfort zone. It's where you learn, stretch, grow. I've often thought of Bilbo's famous quote when I hear it, "I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread." That's the stretch part. But where is the grow part? It might have something … Continue reading Comfy Chairs