One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands is "Nothing on My Mind" by Too Much Joy. (Give it a listen on their Song of the Week blog.) It's a song on their album Cereal Killers, which is always with me--in multiple formats at home, and on my player in my bag.
This song has always captured an exact feeling for me: grabbing a sketchbook and heading to the water. In times of joy, in times of sadness--letting it all go, sitting on the beach, on a pier, or on a boat and losing myself in drawing what I see. A sketchbook, drawings, pencils, colors--and the water with its boats, birds, waves. One of the best things about where I work, and where anyone can visit: we know "guys" with boats, and some of them are so quiet...without motors...
What does this have to do with Collections? Plenty! Need some hints about drawing? Need something to color? These will get you started:
- Drawing ships
- How to draw ships
- How to draw merchant ships: vol. 1 and vol. 2
- Ships and how to draw them
Then head to the water. Sit and enjoy the sound of the waves. Float around on a boat. Start drawing and coloring, and drift...let there be nothing on your mind...
Nothing On My Mind
It’s not important
This stuff that I’m afraid of
I’ve got a bugle someplace
Let’s get a parade up
We’re near the water
I know a guy with a boat
It doesn’t have any motor
We can just sit and float
I’ll give you a coloring book
You can draw outside the lines
I’ve got nothing on my mind
My cousin died at a Who concert
He was camping out in line
Me and him went camping, once
I’ve got nothing on my mind
That’s my favorite song
Baby do you wanna dance
If you’re happy and you know it
You got to clap your hands
I’m out of control
Je t’aime le rock and roll
