creating another world for myself
1st May 2017 | for Creatives | creating in the moment, the creative life, value the art, Jon Contino, drawing/illustration |
"When I drew, I lost myself in it and stopped thinking about everything else; it was like creating another world for myself, a world with the things I wanted to see and do. Thank God I had that."
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