I recently had a childhood memory revisit the front of my consciousness. One of my family members, who shall remain unnamed, told me, "I'm going to call the police on you."
Well, when I was a kid, perhaps nine or ten years old, I was pulling the cute little twins who lived down the street around in a wagon. I was going up a hill, began turning around to go back down, and the wagon tipped over and spilled the kiddos out. "I'm going to call the police on you!" yelled one of them.
Did I laugh it off? Nope. I ran home, got in our dirty clothes hamper in the hallway, closed the door, and stayed there for many hours. I was not willing to go to jail for my crime.
Luckily I'm getting better about reacting to these words. This time I only briefly considered crawling into our laundry hamper.
I continued working on this painting.
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I began adding some darker color to her face. |
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I gave her brown eyes and com color on her lips and cheeks. |
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I added highlights to her eyes, nose, and mouth. |
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