“You can do this,” she said as he looked at the page, the paints and inside his nerves jangled in fearsome expectation of making a complete fool of himself.
“But I have no artistic ability. I have trouble colouring in between the lines, let alone making something from scratch. It will look infantile.”
“Everyone has artistic ability; we just manifest it in different ways. Not everyone can be Picasso. And you have to start somewhere. Consider it another means of expression.”
It was her reassuring smile that gave him the most worry. She’d see soon enough the limit of his skill if you’d call a few splodges on the page the full extent of his ability.
He took up the tube of blue, blue he thought was neutral enough to maybe hide his deficiencies. He squeezed out a blob and with his brush spread it over the page in much the same way, as he would butter his toast.
“I see,” she said, “keep on trying, and don’t think of the paint as something you might eat.”
Written for: https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/09/14/what-do-you-see-47-14-september20/
Morpethroad 
Love that last line Michael!
Ha ha the last line 👌
We all do have the ability to express ourselves through one medium or another. Great story Michael. Thanks for joining in the challenge
Not related to Crisp, is she? Mind reading seems to be happening a lot 😀
Should it be taken as a funny or an emotional piece? The trust and love and the last funny line 🙂
Beautiful ❤
Thanks so much Nima, hope you are doing well.
Welcome Michael 😊
Yes.. am doing very well, thank you 😄😄
How are you doing ?
Good to know Nima, and I am doing well too.
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Glad to know Michael ❤️
Some artistic genes have got to be recessive, hehe. Anyway kidding, I loved this.
Thanks, I have to say my artistic gene is more than recessive, its more like non-existent.
Haha, I know right? This is a great post, cheers.
Love this, Michael! Your artistic talent lies in painting word pictures 🙂
Thanks so much Chris.
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