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Listen, you don’t have to think of yourself as an artist to do art. You don’t have to end up with a sellable result to benefit from the act of creation. Sitting, standing, working with focus, losing yourself in what you’re doing, attaining that flow state so vital to happiness is a great therapy, sketching a perfect antidote to stress. If you don’t want to take a class, just stop by Art Center, pick up a small sketchbook and a couple soft pencils. Set aside 20 minutes a day to look at something and make lines on paper. Don’t worry about what the tree or flower or apple or dog is supposed to look like. Just look — and make a line here, a curve there, turn the pencil sideways and fill in shadow. Leave the light. You might surprise yourself. Or you might end up with exactly what you expected. Either way, it doesn’t matter. In an era of constant multi-tasking and continuously being plugged-in, you paid attention to a single thing for a sustained amount of time. You engaged your brain in a different way than usual. It feels really good.
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Eureka Mindfulness Group
wellness / 7:15 p.m. First Christian Church Eureka, 730 K St. Led by Cindee Grace. Topic: “Enlightenment On Your Own Terms.” Fragrance free, please. $3/$6 free will donation. 269-7044.
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dance / 7 p.m. Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, 412 G St., Eureka. North Coast Dance children's recital inspired by fairy tales. $12/$10 kids 12 and under. northcoastdance.org. 442-7779.
Fratello Marionettes
for kids / 6:30 p.m. Humboldt County Library, 1313 Third St., Eureka. Kevin Menegus and Fred C. Riley III present "The Vaudeville Follies," a marionette variety show presented in the spirit of the old time music hall. humlib.org. 269-1910.
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Comment / By Aline Faben / Feb. 2, 10:08 a.m.
It’s good to read commentary about art — whether one agrees with it or not. I appreciate Savage’s encouragement to take up a physical pencil and use it to engage with the actual world. Doing something to really be here is a good thing, and we often need to be reminded to do so.