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Hazel Burgess Art's avatar

Yup, so many truisms yet again.… I Love your writing Helen. Just wish I could propel my substack boat forward but i havent had quite enough wind in my sails yet.

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Helen Reynolds's avatar

Starting a new thing takes quite a lot of energy - both in bravery *and* in getting familiar with the all the buttons and dials.

There seem to be quite a few artists that scan or photograph the work they were already doing in their sketchbooks, and use that for their substacks, so it is not very much extra effort

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Molly Wilders's avatar

This is so incredibly helpful and comforting. Thank you for bringing the various boat analogy’s to my attention - I’d never heard them before - I especially like the oar vs sail approach 🙌♥️

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Diana Strinati Baur's avatar

This is such a great essay for us creators. Thank you.

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Helen Reynolds's avatar

Glad you liked it!

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dee kawai tang's avatar

you are a GIF(T) x x

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Helen Reynolds's avatar

Thats a good one

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Helen Reynolds's avatar

It’s so much easier to think about if you are a visual person, isn’t it

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