The Art of Paying Attention

Think back to your childhood, specifically your elementary school art class. When you finished creating something, how did that make you feel? How did your parents react when you brought it home? Now think about this: what if the work you created told others about how you saw the world? If you were to do it again, what would be different? What would change? What details would you notice that you didn’t before? The truth is, how that work of art changes over time is the same with our view of the world. And in the process, maybe you could also learn something about someone else that you wouldn’t have done otherwise if you didn’t take a closer look at them. Wendy MacNaughton, an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling illustrator joins us, and shares with us how a simple work of art like a drawing can help us better connect us with our surroundings.