Dear friend, I want to tell you something that's been going on for the past few weeks: my back and hip hurt so much I could barely sit at my table to draw. If you know me, you know how strange that felt, not being able to just sit down and work. But I couldn't stay away from creating, so I let myself work small and fast. No precious pieces, just quick studies in wax pastel, the kind where I don't have time to overthink it. Turns out that constraint taught me a few things about how to avoid...