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San Francisco Sketchbook - by shani - skin contact

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It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a habit of walking around and drawing what I see.

It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a habit of walking around and drawing what I see. I would draw the clock in a classroom, the lamp post outside my house, the old man reading in a cafe. I would write whatever was on my mind. I didn’t know this when I completed my first sketchbook, but these books would turn into my deepest practice of attention. While there was no goal to this practice, I found great pleasure in it. I have dozens of sketchbooks full of observations and drawings over the last decade. This practice has been like…

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