You Can Do It?
A gentle reminder:
you don’t need to tell yourself that “YOU CAN DO IT” to motivate you to do new and/scary things because, if you think about it, YOU’VE ALREADY DONE IT!
yes beliveve me!
think to all the things you already have accomplished in your life! yes, right now:
list 3 of them before you continue reading.
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and for each “item” on your list remember:
– how had you felt right before? (… afraid? anxyous? hopeless? )
YOU C̶A̶N̶ D̶O̶ ALREADY DONE IT!
– and then what happened?
let me guess…. you either succeeded or fail. and in each case it was good to take action!
if you
1) succeeded, good for you
2) didn’t succeed, you learned a lesson!!
so
now do you know what I mean? YOU GOT THIS!
of course when I write: “you don’t need to tell yourself that “YOU CAN DO IT” to motivate you” I should write
“I don’t need to tell myself “YOU CAN DO IT” to motivate me”
because I’m the one that has to remember this:
new things are scary (yes you can do new things even at 44 years old) but “scary will never stops me” . and like the Pope of us (the nerds) , Neil Gaiman, would say:
“Being brave doesn’t mean you aren’t scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
right?
RIGHT.
and this message is so importante for me that I’ve made myself a cool Pennant. and I thought that you might want it to, so here’s for you and for your courage!
you can find it in my store.
and I’ve Made this to uplift any room with a touch of Queernessssss
Each pennant comes with a wooden dowel for easy hanging. They’re lightweight and highly durable for decor that looks stunning in the long run.
and it’s printed ON DEMAND by a quality provider that will also accomplish the shipping, and for this reason I can’t offer a personalized shipping price if you buy different items from my shop. BUT, also for this reason, I’m keeping my marge low so that the total price of the cool item will be still largely affordable (my goal is for you to have this cool bravery reminder!).
go my store!
anyway the idea of printing this (sort of)uplifting-message-illustration on a pennant came to me while I was browsing my print on demand provider for some cool t-shirt to print!
and while I was there I also updated some new items in my shop because I found a cool plain journal to print and…
(suspence)
I also made a GRAPHIC JOURNAL! ! I mean an actual journal where everyone can write&draw!
go my store!
speaking of GRAPHIC JOURNAL CLUB:
in this moment the Graphic Journal is very present in my life!
back in June I proposed a Graphic Journal Summer Challenge and on the Facebook group there is a cool momentum going between all the Graphic Journal artists. it’s so cool to see everybody’s art!
actually GJ it’s been present in my life for a while… I’ve been keeping a Graphic Journal since 2000 and for me it is an important practice for nurturing an inner space for positive and a personal growth.
I gave the first Graphic Journaling classes in person, between 2015 and 2018 but it was back in April 2020 -when we where in lockdown- I felt it would have been a good idea to share my practice on ZOOM also for people who weren’t in my very same town. Since then a lot of people enjoyed the Graphic Journaling practice
and since April 2020 it’s always a big 1 hour and a half in which we start with a meditation, then we do a grounding self portrait practice. and then the class, each time a theme will guide our inner exploration to arrive at the end of the class (at least a little bit) transformed and uplifted.
if you want to dig deeper, go check the very early Graphic Journaling classes in free access on my YouTube channel .
you think you “can’t draw”?
trust me, I will show you that this is just some judgement we trow on ourself. every kid draws but then some of them stop and other continue. why? because of this fu#*in judgment that says “stop! you can’t draw “
you can also come to a live Graphic Journal Club class:
BCS I’m opening a class on donation! it will be Sunday August 13 at 6h30PM CET! if you are interested by the DONATION BASED GRAPHIC JOURNAL CLUB click HERE!
(up here a little course I followed on Therapeutic Art, I’m studying to learn more skills . I don’t do this for commercial purpose (my job is tattooing and drawing for T-shirts et silly things and not teaching) but I do it because I feel driven to it.
Is it weird to say I feel driven to it? Anyway I enjoy preparing)
ok I hope that this little update was nice for your reading. it’s August and I’m leaving to Italy in a week (again. because I was there also in July, for Bande De Femmes festival and for a tattoo guest) and I’m very happy!
I hope that you’re spending good sunny moments, trying to eat one watermelon a day. and if your moments aren’t sunny (weaterwise or moodwise) remember that you’re loved (I have a Telegram Channel from where I send you love messages, if you want to receive them)
I hope to see you at the Graphic Journal Club!
XXX
Nicoz