For this week’s art activity, I completed it with my sister. At first, she was hesitant to participate because she was afraid she would “ruin the piece”. My sister and I are both perfectionists, however, she is more of one than me. She enjoys being in control and drawing only to make something beautiful which she actually does after completing her drawings or paintings. After explaining to her there was no objective other than just to let the pen flow, she agreed. I explained to her that we would have to sit down and close our eyes to complete this activity. We went downstairs to her living room, got one of her coffee tables, taped the paper on it, taped it down, and we proceeded to sit across from each other. We closed our eyes and reached for the pen. At first, we were both giggling and couldn’t decide what direction to go in. Shortly after, we both let loose and felt the pen was simply skating over the paper. Letting looser and just drawing felt really nice, it almost felt like a small mental break. After we finished, we both really relaxed and chilled out.
Both my sister and I actually enjoyed our end result. We were both shocked at how we were the ones who created this together and with our eyes closed. We expected something different, however, we were both just as satisfied with the results we ended up getting. It felt nice having an activity with no rules that challenges you not to use your eyes but instead just to relax and have fun. It’s exactly for this reason we both enjoyed this activity and loved our end piece.
#1 – Our set up 
#2 – Our final piece
Edwin Hernandez 