Last night I attended the online social “Drawing Bee” on Zoom sponsored by artist John F. Simon, Jr., author of Drawing Your Own Path: 33 Practices at the Crossroads of Art and Meditation. I had purchased the book recently because I was interested in drawing meditation practices, and I intend to develop a a more regular, daily drawing practice.
We had a good session, with artists joining from far-flung areas of the globe. There was friendly chatting as we drew, and even a brief introduction to one artist’s two cats.
John’s prompt for the evening was “stream.” We are not required to follow the prompts, but I started out with it in mind, and that led me in various directions, which included asemics, as I explored the idea:
The “social” drawing bee happens only once a week. But there is also a daily, silent, hour-long drawing bee for drawing as meditation. More info and a description can be found HERE.
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Jean Vengua 