Discovering your secret powers
I just read a most wonderful blog post by Keri Smith, in which she tells a tale of her life in pictures and words, because, as she says, “I have been working on a plot to infiltrate the system and inject it with my subversive ideas.”
From the time in 5th grade, when I was moved into a lower-level reading group because I was being too troublesome [read: bored], I‘ve had a basic mistrust of authority and perceived wisdom. (Oddly, I was also a very good student, unlike Keri.)
For Keri, her time at home and away from school was full of self-directed creative expression. At home, as her cartoon captures it, she was brilliant, powerful, energetic and a risk-taker. School time was like a prison to her, where she was quite, shy, unfocused, told she was unoriginal, and was taught to obey teachers. But eventually, as an adult, she was able to attend art school and find a professional niche as a creative illustrator.
For anyone seeking their creative muse or the spark to pursue your creative vision, this series is an amusing and affecting must-read.