Embracing the "Ish"

Don't let a fixation on realism bottle up your creativity

At a recent networking event for creatives, I was chatting with someone about the work we do at Tilted Windmills around creativity and mental health. She seemed enthused, but then asked with a laugh, “What if seeing how badly you draw is bad for your mental health?”

Typically when adults speak about this notion of “drawing badly”, what they really mean i…