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Why draw?

Why spend your time and energy on drawing? Because of health issues I often feel there's a brake inside me, that tries to prevent me from drawing. I guess, it wants me to save my energy for the important things in life. I find myself constantly trying to persuade this voice that drawing, being creative is important.

But why is it important? One thing I know for sure is, that I have always had this urge to be creative. I have been doing web design as a hobby for a long time now. I occasionally have created graphics. Drawing is my newest creative endeavour. You just need some paper and a pen or pencil and there you go. Where there was a blank page, there is a nice little drawing afterward. You have created something. What a great feeling is that?!

Humankind has come this far, because we are a creative species. It's in our fabric. And drawing is just one way to be creative.

The only challenge is to find out what you want to draw. What interests you enough to grab a pencil and recreate it on a piece of paper. Keep your eyes open and you'll find out.

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