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“Keys to Drawing with Imagination” and Tangles

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Apr 08, 2025
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“If you’re like most people, you tend to doodle the same thing over and over. Now it’s time to expand your repertoire.” —Bert Dodson, Keys to Drawing with Imagination

It’s helpful to separate creative generation from creative refinement. Writer’s talk about this a lot: “Write the first draft without editing. Just get it down on paper!” And this turns out…

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