Story

STORY = an account of incidents; a rumor; a plot of a narrative

QUESTION: What is your favorite life story?

STORY: It was after mom’s heart attack, when I began a daily practice of drawing with my other hand. I began to channel stories from my imagination - onto paper. Somehow using your “other” hand opens you up to feel and explore what seems to be unknown - and yet when you draw those lines on paper - you begin to SEE in a new way! I began to see how the Center of my Being flows through me like blood flows through my veins. I love getting quiet - and just listening and drawing lines expressing a little story within me that is unknown - until I draw it out. I just allow my imagination to play with a pencil or pen - until I SEE the story! Most of the drawings in this book express the stories that flow from my heart and my imagination.

QUOTES

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story within you.” ~ Maya Angelou

“Drawing connects me to my truest feelings.” ~ Stephanie Brody, artist

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton

“Everyone is the hero of their own life story.” ~ John Barth

​​”Share your story. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own.” ~ Demi Lovato

EXERCISE

STOP.

Relax.

Quietly acknowledge that you have a story within you. Get your pen and paper. Put the pen in your “other” hand. Be open to being surprised.

Follow these 3 steps: 1) Listen to your heart. 2) Draw lines flowing from your heart expressing the energy of the story within you. 3) Look at the lines you drew and write a few words about what you see.

Relax and go into your day with a slightly new story.