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Thank you. Sometimes quick and easy is all we can manage.

Sometimes we need to break ourselves free from trying to make something specific and even figuring out what that is, to just make. Simply making what might look like a mess can be just what we need.

Thank you. I'm sorry to hear you live with chronic pain. I'm glad your doc suggested art-making. It has helped me through some rough times. And those moments and stretches of time caught up in flow, where everything else fades, are wonderful.

Welcome! 😊

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Even the negative comments help grow my reach,. 👍 I don't take it personally or as a legitimate response to what I do. 🤷‍♀️ Art is subjective; not everyone will like it. And I can't imagine having a life so small and dull as to make a habit of taking time to make obnoxious comments on people's videos. People can be jerks, especially when it's not face-to-face, but pathetically negative to strangers from behind basically anonymous user names. Thanks for not being a jerk. 😊

Thanks!

But it got your attention enough to add me to the list of people you wasted time being negative to, so there's that.

With the pathetically obnoxious comments on this short that I may or may not delete, I'm honestly not sure at the moment whether you"re being obnoxiously sarcastic or mean what you say, but I can thank you for helping me grow my reach either way. 😆👍

@@melindavanry i mean it, i dont understand why people hate it but i think its pretty :D

Thanks for taking the time to help grow my reach with your obnoxious waste of time being a jerk to strangers on the Internet, Sweetheart. 👍

Thanks! I'll be sharing the process soon!

YES! Which makes it so good for our mental and emotional health! And, thank you.

I don't recall thinking of trying that, but now I need to. I actually just went to look for a partial roll I know I have somewhere but couldn't find it. I will definitely try this. It's supposed to work.

@melindavanry I found another person on YT who has used it successfully, so I hope you have fun experimenting with it when you find your partial roll. :)

@ Thanks for sharing!

Doodling is a great way to process our thoughts and practice creative self-care. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

I was surprised by and love what can be done with a mark-making brush so simple to make.

@@sherrigittel4623 Definitely something to keep experimenting with.

It's relatively new fun for me. I'm looking forward to getting even more interesting effects.

@melindavanry Yes if you're anything like me I have so many ideas and so not enough time to create everything that I want to create

​@@bonniedahl3156Exactly!

I'm glad you find it relaxing.😊

Thanks! I have fun.

I'd love to. 😊

Thank you! It's a surprisingly therapeutic process.

You're welcome, and thank you. We all need it. Enjoy the process!

@@marygartner9864 So convenient!

Simply putting ink down on paper can be surprisingly therapeutic. Enjoy!

Have fun!

It doesn't have to be great art for the making of it to be worthwhile.

I'm definitely a doodler who finds it helps me calm down and gain clarity. It's like my brain needs something else to do so it can focus on a problem without focusing on a problem. Kind of figure it out while it's not overwhelmed thinking too hard about it or being upset about it.

It's far too easy to forget and minimize the importance of creativity to our health. I feel like it's part of my purpose to remind people.

@@barbaracimini1447 Thank you!.I need to make art and encourage others to.

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@@Harkart59 😊

Exercising creativity is therapeutic. A few years ago taking pictures was so helpful for me. Being able to focus on what I could frame with the camera helped with the overwhelm and hopelessness.

I do use medical exam paper now, but when I filmed this I was almost exclusively using inexpensive gift-wrapping tissue that can be purchased many places. I still prefer it in many ways.

You're welcome! Have fun making art!

Thanks

Translucent layers are so much fun to work with. 🙂

I do not. Yet.

Red, I guess.

Well, if nothing else, something that caught your attention enough to waste time being a jerk about. So thanks for helping grow my reach.

Very observant. Kudos.

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That IS something I need to better with. I'm glad you enjoyed a closer look.

Yes, it's always important. And you're going to be okay. We never know what a year will hold. But it may not be as bad as you fear. Whatever happens there's always beauty to find regardless of what's going on in the world. Keep looking for it. Keep practicing creative self-care. Keep being the good you want to see.

Words are important, but, yes, art is wonderful when they won't suffice, or are hard to say, or when we're not even sure what the words should be. I'm glad you have art as an outlet.

Yes, that's the third method I demonstrate in the video. I picked up just the gel plate to print on the page, then placed the journal on the gel plate to print, and last picked up the glass with the plate on it. Yes, overall, the third worked best.