I don’t usually ask people if I can draw them. Infact I don’t usually tell them I am drawing them. I find a photograph somewhere to work from and then do my best. Eventually I make a decision whether to share it or whether to keep it to myself.
What if ‘showing up’ isn’t just about the act but also about the beliefs and attitudes you bring with you? Can we cultivate a philosophy of showing up?
Ira Glass, host of This American Life, talks in terms of good taste – that passion and understanding you have of your artform – and the gap between that good taste, that thing that you aspire to, and your current abilities.