I like the first horse AND it's peanut gallery. I like them both... but the first one - reminds me of the things you write about - how this artist life is a struggle and we need to overcome the negative voices and revel in the not knowing for awhile.
Dashka, ohmygoodness, I feel this post SO MUCH. Especially this line: "It's like being asked to try your hand at making an illuminated letter on the pages of the Book of Kells." EXACTLY! I made my horse from a paper Target bag (because I forgot to pack socks and only realized it on my way there). It was terrifying--and I leaned into humor as my usual crutch. LOL! You may have had the curse of seeing it: the horse's mouth opens, and it's basically just a joke about not looking a gift horse in the mouth and how creatives are rebels. Honestly, I was just glad to be on the other side of it. 😂
Also, this is very random, but I just finished taking your minicourse on POV through Storyteller Academy, and it was so good! I thought it would mainly be review (because even though I have no basis for being so, sometimes I'm a smug bastard, and even though I knew you were amazing, I also thought, oh, I think about POV most of the time--which, WRONG, apparently). 😂 It brought some stuff to the surface for me--one much-much-revised but still lacking SOMETHING story has been giving me fits, and now I finally see that it probably needs to be first-person (or in the case of this story, first-bird)! All because of this course. (Plus, other great things to ponder!)
Thank you for all you share/do in kidlit and beyond!
I love your description of Milkwood, Sophie, and her ability to conjure rainbows. Highly accurate!
I like the first horse AND it's peanut gallery. I like them both... but the first one - reminds me of the things you write about - how this artist life is a struggle and we need to overcome the negative voices and revel in the not knowing for awhile.
F***k the haters! And, every horse made with heart is a Good Horse. <3
So great Dashka. I love this, and I love your drawing! <3
Dashka, ohmygoodness, I feel this post SO MUCH. Especially this line: "It's like being asked to try your hand at making an illuminated letter on the pages of the Book of Kells." EXACTLY! I made my horse from a paper Target bag (because I forgot to pack socks and only realized it on my way there). It was terrifying--and I leaned into humor as my usual crutch. LOL! You may have had the curse of seeing it: the horse's mouth opens, and it's basically just a joke about not looking a gift horse in the mouth and how creatives are rebels. Honestly, I was just glad to be on the other side of it. 😂
Also, this is very random, but I just finished taking your minicourse on POV through Storyteller Academy, and it was so good! I thought it would mainly be review (because even though I have no basis for being so, sometimes I'm a smug bastard, and even though I knew you were amazing, I also thought, oh, I think about POV most of the time--which, WRONG, apparently). 😂 It brought some stuff to the surface for me--one much-much-revised but still lacking SOMETHING story has been giving me fits, and now I finally see that it probably needs to be first-person (or in the case of this story, first-bird)! All because of this course. (Plus, other great things to ponder!)
Thank you for all you share/do in kidlit and beyond!
“Is it about horses or ducks? I mean, pick one.” really made me quack, er, laugh