My son, Max, made this picture of a tree last year in second grade. I have it hanging in the bedroom and I’m inspired by it every day.
One morning this past week I skipped my morning meditation and started playing and experimenting in my art journal. I started with some humps, really paying attention to the juxtaposition of colors.
The humps weren’t enough, but it was time to get Max up for school, so I left them sitting there. When Max and I made our way back downstairs I said to him “I think they need thorns, like cactus … or leaves, like your tree.”
He consulted with me for a bit about how he used the paint brush to make his leaves and I played around with that.
And then Max and I played Terraria together before it was time to head out to the bus stop. I’m so thankful in so many ways that I get to be a mom!