I saw a meme once that pointed out that an experienced artist could draw something much swifter and with less effort than a new artist. at the time this was comforting becuase i felt that I was taking forever to draw anything worth looking at and wasn't sure that my effort was worthwhile.
but now I see another side to it: in the age of mechanically generated images, what is the value of drawing at any speed when a machine can crank out some bell-curved goop in seconds? If the meaning of "effort" and "creativity" is baked by computers why bother drawing at all?
I think the answer is that an experienced artist has their lifetime of drawing. the effort isnt visible from some nice quick drawing, but from everything they did to reach that point.
art isn't a object, it's an experience. creativity isn't a talent, it's a muscle.
it's about the subtle ways we represent the world becuase of the way we have trained our eye to see it and our hand to picture it. your art is an emblem of what it means to be creative because it comes from your vision of the world. becuase it is born from the thousands of hours living and training and experiencing, even subconsciously— to form an idea of "goofy" and derive a style and modus operandi. Becuase it is a holy fragment of your life: your lunch break.
