oh I seeee. Great question! So the truth is I didn't spend a ton of time thinking about it; I just went with what felt most compelling. "If you know you won't smile when you see it, don't paint it" felt more compelling than "Paint what you want to see." I guess because it's a little more spiky. And as I say, it also felt more poetic and …
oh I seeee. Great question! So the truth is I didn't spend a ton of time thinking about it; I just went with what felt most compelling. "If you know you won't smile when you see it, don't paint it" felt more compelling than "Paint what you want to see." I guess because it's a little more spiky. And as I say, it also felt more poetic and allowed me to put the verbs at the end instead of the beginning.
What would a less spiky, positively-phrased poetic version of that line be with the verbs at the end? Gosh, I don't know! Do you?
"Paint what makes you smile when you see it" maybe?
oh I seeee. Great question! So the truth is I didn't spend a ton of time thinking about it; I just went with what felt most compelling. "If you know you won't smile when you see it, don't paint it" felt more compelling than "Paint what you want to see." I guess because it's a little more spiky. And as I say, it also felt more poetic and allowed me to put the verbs at the end instead of the beginning.
What would a less spiky, positively-phrased poetic version of that line be with the verbs at the end? Gosh, I don't know! Do you?
"Paint what makes you smile when you see it" maybe?
…i kind of like a fully active take…going in for a remix…
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buy be happy, sell it.
receive feeling thrilled, send it.
itching you find, seek it.
learn it, light up, teach it.
delight you think, say it.
bewitch, you hear it, play it.
smile, see it, paint it.
imagine wanting, read it, write it.
Maaaaaate we shoulda collaborated on this!
...we just did :)...