🟠 isolabellart on Nostr: Lately, I’ve been wondering if I’ve lost something in my painting. Those fresh, ...
Lately, I’ve been wondering if I’ve lost something in my painting.
Those fresh, instinctive brushstrokes that used to come before thought.
Maybe that’s not the point.
Maybe my hand has simply learned, and now I have to learn not to control it so much.
“Let go.”
“But what if I make a mistake?”
“Let the mistake stay too.”
Maybe freshness isn’t about going back, but about finding a new way to be instinctive.
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2026-09-18 19:53:06 UTCEvent JSON
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