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LiberalLoner

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13. When I play with my art supplies, I feel like a child again....

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Tue Aug 27, 2019, 09:20 AM

Aug 2019

Before I developed MS, before I worried about the state of the world, before I was aware of all the ways in which I am and always will be, a failure in life. It feels good to have all of that off my shoulders for awhile and just have periods of time when I play with the pretty bright colors,

I hope everyone here has a way of playing, something that makes them feel happy and free of cares.

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Playing around with acrylic paints [View all] LiberalLoner Aug 2019 OP

Nice colors BootinUp Aug 2019 #1

Thanks! Acrylic paint does feel very "plastic" to me and it brings out a LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #2

Love it! I like art that is evocative so that the viewer can participate. Good job!❤ Karadeniz Aug 2019 #3

Thank you so much! I'm mostly posting to encourage other beginners to post too. LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #5

Very nice! Ohiogal Aug 2019 #4

Thank you so much! I was thinking about how our nation could come together and LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #6

Very evocative. I'd put it up on my wall. applegrove Aug 2019 #7

Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #8

To me it says there are a whole host of adults and ancestors behind applegrove Aug 2019 #9

😀 LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #10

Nice. It has a dreamlike quality to it. bif Aug 2019 #11

Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #12

When I play with my art supplies, I feel like a child again.... LiberalLoner Aug 2019 #13