A few years back (before the Covid-19 pandemic began) I subscribed to receive daily drawings from John F. Simon, Jr. This was back when I was still feeling connected with the old days of blogging (more on that later). This was also before I knew that he had a book on drawing as meditation, called Drawing Your Own Path.
At some point, I moved on, and let go of the subscription. More recently, though, I learned about his book, and I also noted that his background in meditation had a connection to Buddhist Geeks (Vince Fakhoury Horn), a group I feel an affinity with. Maybe I will also check out Simon’s online Drawing Bee community drawing sessions.
Here is my first daily drawing, based on Simon’s first exercise from his book. It’s also my first drawing of 2026, which is already starting off as a challenging year–can you tell?:
I did this without any thinking or planning whatsoever, and I think it illustrates the irony I”m feeling about the New Year. I’m heading off to physical therapy now . . .
Jean Vengua 