This came up in my Instagram's ‘explore’ feed last week so I printed off a tiny copy of it and hung it on the wall above my desk. It’s an illustration from one of my favorite illustrators, Jessie Oleson Moore. She’s the first illustrator I ever had the pleasure of knowing in real life and therefore the first time I dared to believe that a real life as an illustrative artist was possible. She inspired me just by living her life as a successful artist. But she was (and is) also warm, funny, kind, and a joy to know.

Because I’d admired her for so long as a working artist, this tiny micro-poster felt like the perfect reminder to myself that I CAN DO THIS. If I am in fact what I repeatedly do (and I believe that to be true)... then I need to be drawing more and more. So, with this mantra in mind, I’m sitting down at my desk to do something, anything, towards my drawing goals. Because I want to be doing it even when I don’t feel particularly inspired. In fact, especially when I don’t feel inspired.