Perspective.

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
— Anaïs Nin

I was thinking this in figure drawing today and when I was writing my paper. I see myself in everything I make, especially the details I choose to include to tell my stories. My American Lit prof from last term was there drawing naked people too (the class is open to the whole university). I didn't feel awkward. I've been drawing naked people since I was twelve. He on the other hand looked like he might have felt a little awkward turtle.

I'm on an Anais Nin binge right now while I procrastinate mid-term studying fun. Can you tell? I can't wait until I really have time to sit down and read her diaries.

another good one and so true:

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
— Anaïs Nin

and now I promise to really get back to studying. yes. I think I've convinced myself that the only way to make decent writing is to write in diaries that you know nobody will ever read. I'm not liking this editing voice that makes everything sound constricted and boring. I should play tricks on myself. What do you think?