Why I’m embracing being a student of life

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I am writing this straight after doing a really good life writing class (over Zoom, of course). For those who don’t know I am now doing these classes regularly, which is a big thing for me because I have always wanted to do it but thought I would be laughed away for not actually knowing how to draw. Until I finally braved it, I didn’t fully realise that the beauty of life drawing is you learn by doing.

Taking part has really been one of the most empowering things I’ve done this lockdown. It is definitely on a par with getting confident on my bike in the first lockdown. There's just something so powerful about being a total beginner and really leaning into that and not trying to be perfect. I'm just giving it a go for the sake of it giving it a go rather than with the aim to get good. Having said that, the beauty of drawing is you can really see how far you have come because you can look back at your pictures from the first session and see how clumsy they are.