Crayons in my Coffee by Bri

I've been doodling for as long as I can remember.

In every margin I could find. When I am bored. When I probably should be doing something else. 🫠

For the longest time, I wanted to be a real artist. 

To know exactly what I was doing. Who can make something beautiful on purpose, who understands all the techniques, and whose finished work looks just like they imagined it.

I tried different things, explored different styles, and kept looking for that thing that would finally click. But nothing ever quite felt like me. I could appreciate other styles and admire what other artists created, but trying to make myself fit into those same spaces just didn't feel right.

I felt like something was missing and that I hadn't found my thing yet. I needed to practice more, learn more, or try something different.

Then one day I noticed what I have been doing all along...

Doodling.

Every line doesn't need to be perfect. I don't need every drawing to look like someone else's work. I don't need a particular degree or a certain style to give myself permission to create. I don't need to fit into someone's definition of an artist. 

I just create.

 We spend so much time trying to get things right that we forget how good it feels to simply enjoy doing them.

So that's why I doodle...because it feels like me.

My goal isn't to be a perfect artist...but to find the beauty in the becoming. 💛