#012 Why Awareness Matters - Noticing Overlap

Hi!

In this video I talk about awareness. Yes, you think you are aware of everything around you, but in fact, unless you have purposely set out to see everything around you, your brain is editing out a lot of details that aren't important to your survival or interests for the moment. It does this so that we aren't faced with overwhelm or too much information. This allows us to focus on what we want to do. 

Today you can purposefully look at something that is always with you, but that you pay little attention to. Watch the video and find out just what I'm talking about.

Enjoy Drawing!

Brenda Ellis, author of ARTistic Pursuits.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER

• How to wake up the brain so that you pay attention to what you see
• Looking for the new to find good subjects for art
• How to see the familiar in a new way

Note: The sled on a snowy hill is a reference to a topic discussed in #001 to show how a task gets easier the more often we do the task. Like going down a hill, the pathway in the snow gets smoother each time we take the trip. The drawing process gets easier each time we make a purpose ful work of art.