Learning to Draw

So...I'm going to learn how to draw.

I think it will help me become better at critical thinking, learning abstract things, a better architect, but I guess one of the biggest reasons I want to learn how to draw, is to become a better story teller.

You see, I think I have realized that, I actually hate writing. I love story telling, and I love thinking up amazing stories, but I actually don’t like writing. Not unless I’m relaying some amazing information to someone or writing a song or poem. Sometimes writing really is fun and satisfying, but not all the time

You see, the only time I actually feel like writing, is when I have that, short, intense, burst of energy and motivation, and I feel like I have to start writing RIGHT NOW, but there’s a few problems with that:


First off, it’s not common for me to have that short burst of drive. It only happens almost once every blue moon or so, usually after intense daydreaming and being inspired by something.

Second, even if I could trigger that every day, and experienced it every day, it’s actually really mentally and emotionally exhausting, and if I was like that every day, I would probably eventually crash and then not feel like doing anything for the rest of the week...Like...At all.

Third, being so excited about something that I can’t help but to bounce up and down in my seat like Spongebob, is not very...inductive? Conductive? Doesn’t help concentration at all. It’s actually really hard to write when you’re so excited about what you’re writing, that you can’t sit still and can’t get out of your daydream.

Fourth, when I get into these moods, I tend to push people away, which is not a very good thing. Especially when you’re often around your family. It makes you more distant, and not very present.

So not only are those short-lived moods of inspiration and energy very rare, but the chances of me having those moods at just the right time where I can actually sit down and write without interruption, are almost zero. Maybe once or twice a month, if I’m lucky, and even if I could trigger that mood every day, on command, it’s not sustainable mentally and emotionally.



No. The best time to write a story, is when there are little-to-no interruptions or distractions outside of your control, and when you are aware of what you want to write, but have no interest in it, or at least are not excited by it. That’s the time when you can really sit down, look at the screen, and just type.

And that’s when I realize...Writing isn’t very fun. It’s important, it’s satisfying, but it’s a chore, no doubt. Maybe, I like writing when I’m just writing whatever is on my mind, but deliberately trying to fill in the blanks of a story as a write is a pain.

My guess is that writing just off the top of my head and to express myself is kind of like doodling, whereas deliberate story writing is a skill, much like decent drawing.

So I’m hoping that maybe if I learn how to draw, I can learn some self-discipline, or it can help me think better, or maybe it will help me tell a story in a way that I find less nail-pulling.

I might have a hard time making myself sit down a write, but maybe I can draw my stories if I end up loving drawing enough.

So, yeah. I’m still going to practice writing, maybe I’ll make a goal of 500 words a day? I mean, I managed to hammer this out pretty easily-enough. And I’m going to start practicing drawing.

I still have so many other reasons to learn how to draw. From meditation, to being better at nature stuff, to learning some anatomy, architecture, drawing has such a potential for cross-disciplinary use it makes me har- makes my mouth water.



Shout out to Fancy Crave for the royalty free cover photo from Pexels.