Your True Nature

What masks our true selves and what to do about it

This week, I’ve been taking a one-week art class with friends. The course is designed to help us get closer to our identity as artists. The teacher, Louise Fletcher, sets up exercises to get us out of our heads and paint freely.

One of the assignments was to paint something ugly. That throws so many of the participants into a full-on tizzy. It fascinates…