Sarah

“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“She believes Marianne lacks ‘warmth’, by which she means the ability to beg for love from people who hate her.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“... I think I intuitively suspected that perspective would put me outside the painting. I didn't want that. I wanted to get close to those tables and chairs, to jump in and feel myself dancing with them, even as I sat drawing them. I didn't want things to lie down; I wanted them to come forward, to beckon and call, to be noticed on the paper as I was noticing them in real life. I wanted the viewer to have a direct connection with the objects, to feel as happy as I was in their presence.”
― Natalie Goldberg, Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing

“When you draw and pay attention to what is, it's a form of being present. This inspires the mind, makes it happy, and the heart wants to express more.”
― Natalie Goldberg, Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing