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"These Ten Commandments on seeing/drawing were revealed
to me on a mountain, but also in a meadow, on a beach and even in the
subway. For their revelation did not come all at once, but in
installments, as it were, over the years, and always while I was busy
drawing, and invariably on holy ground. But that may be because, while
drawing, all ground is holy: unseparated from the Whole."
Frederick Franck
The Awakened Eye
The Awakened Eye
Frederick Franck
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the 10 'commandments'
frederick franck's
guidelines for the creative life
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YOU SHALL DRAW EVERYTHING AND EVERY DAY
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YOU SHALL NOT WAIT FOR INSPIRATION, FOR IT COMES NOT
WHILE YOU WAIT BUT WHILE YOU WORK
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YOU SHALL FORGET ALL YOU THINK YOU KNOW AND, EVEN
MORE,
ALL YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT
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YOU SHALL NOT ADORE YOUR GOOD DRAWINGS AND PROMPTLY
FORGET YOUR BAD ONES
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YOU SHALL NOT DRAW WITH EXHIBITIONS IN MIND, NOR TO
PLEASE ANY CRITIC BUT YOURSELF
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YOU SHALL TRUST NONE BUT YOUR OWN EYE, AND MAKE YOUR
HAND FOLLOW IT
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YOU SHALL CONSIDER THE MOUSE YOU DRAW AS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THE CONTENTS OF ALL THE MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD, FOR
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YOU SHALL LOVE THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS WITH ALL YOUR
HEART AND A BLADE OF GRASS AS YOURSELF
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LET EACH DRAWING BE YOUR FIRST:
A CELEBRATION OF THE EYE AWAKENED
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YOU SHALL NOT WORRY ABOUT "BEING OF YOUR TIME", FOR
YOU ARE YOUR TIME,
AND IT IS BRIEF
Frederick Franck, The Awakened Eye
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