We decided on a color palette, it came from Aubrey exploring different color combos after she picked up some cool new copic markers at her local art store.
I like the idea of having a limited palette to choose from.
Limitations and confining restraints have been on my mind a lot lately. They are everywhere around us and in our lives.
Some self made, some made by others, some are just a natural occurrence, some are just physics.
None of which are really THAT limiting or constraining.
I know this ☝️ is my glass-half-full side speaking, but hear me out.
There are simply just too many variables that are controllable to us to ever be truly limited. As I played with my new pens and markers I realized that even though the color palette is limited, I have so many options and variables to explore.
There are 2 different tips on each marker (brush and chisel), the shape of the line matters, the pressure matters, the type pf paper matters, the lighting can change everything, the font, the size, the kerning, my posture, my grip, my focus, the empty space between, it's all endlessly variable.
And if you think about the maths around that, it's clear:
10 variables ☝️(so many more btw) * endless variations = infinite
INFINITE
Even if you only have 1 variable you can control and that variable has endless possibilities, it's still infinite.
INFINITE
Which means life and art is about the human ability to explore as many of the infinite combinations of variables as possible through our vision, our smell, our touch, our hearing, our taste. And even when we are limited or constrained that ability to explore remains infinite.
It cannot be limited to any sort of finite-ness (there is no way that is a real word).
So, let's explore. And keep exploring. Be Explorers. Endlessly pursue exploration.
And in that exploration ask ourselves - is that good? Do I like that? Is it beautiful? Is it nice? Is it necessary? Does it help? Does it hurt?
Our ability to contemplate is also limitless. Which means we get to explore that as well. We get to curate the inputs, hold on to the good ones (or the bad ones), and let them guide us how we see fit.
You see, exploring is really about making choices and our agency in those choices as alive and embodied beings on earth and in this universe, or whatever THIS is.
So choose well, go towards joy and the right stuff, and it will all work out 🙂