#handpaintedpapers

“Let the thing you are doing be nothing.” Lynda Barry cartoonist, creative explorationist, teacher.

Collage made from hand-painted papers

“Sometimes we are so confused and sad that all we can do is glue one thing to another. Use white glue and paper from the trash, glue paper onto paper, glue scraps and bits of fabric, have a tragic movie playing in the background, have a comforting drink nearby, let the thing you are doing be nothing, you are making nothing at all, you are just keeping your hands in motion, putting one thing down and then the next thing down and sometimes crying in between.” —Lynda Barry