Blank Pages and Striped Towels
by D.G. Fulford
The most valuable advice I've ever received wasn't from my mother. It was from a drawing teacher.
I was in a life-drawing class, paralyzed, pencil in hand, facing my opponent--the only thing that stood between me and my intention. Almost taunting me, it was the fearsome blank page. Here's the advice, uttered by this teacher, a man I remember nothing about except these words he aimed out into the room that struck a bull's eye with me.
"What's the worst thing that could happen?" he said as he walked around the studio. The floor was hard and you could hear his footsteps. "What's the worst thing that could happen? Here's the worst thing that can happen: You'll waste a piece of paper."
That was the most freeing remark I ever heard. It said, "Begin, and if you don't like it, then begin again."
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