Youngest got paper for Christmas. Not sheets, but rolls—two bountiful rolls of blank paper just waiting for her artwork.
She got her very own art caddy, too, full of supplies.
Her response has in turn been bountiful. The fact that she is not limited to 8 ½” by 11” sheets allows her to think and work continuously. I now have two thick scrolls under my protection to keep safe and round until she can give them to the people for whom she made them. I fully expect there to be more.
Teach a child to read and let her loose in a library. Put a drum set in the basement and don’t complain about the noise. Listen. Find ways to say yes as often as possible. I can’t say I’m always very good about this. But I’m always glad when I put in the extra effort.
Because it’s an amazing power, isn’t it? Offer somebody tools and permission and watch them fly.
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