Jessica Abel said this in a Creative Focus workshop earlier in the year, and I immediately needed to draw it.

It’s very true, you need to follow through with the courage, shore it up with all sorts of things, but it’s so true. The courage to act, to try, to fail, to get up and keep learning. Wishing everyone much joy and courage and softness.

As I write this, I think about Aikido, it is an art that involves a lot of falling down and getting up again. Of holding your inner core and even more impressively, your connection, while whatever is going on. I like how courage can have a lot of softness to it.

Softness, Aikido style softness has been my word for this year. And I’m liking how I’m living it, as a generative force, how sometimes softness can be the bubbling brook, and sometimes it can be the ocean wave!

And now I will courageously post my half thought thoughts, late at night.

Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Kate Webb, Erik Owomoyela, Stuart Barrow, Jesse the K, Brian Fies and Tracey Radford.

And thanks again again :-)

Liz

Courage Before Confidence Comic Transcript

Little Liz has one foot raised and her foot in the air, like she’s standing on an invisible chair.

COURAGE!

Before confidence.

Liz looks a little embarrassed and smiling

“I signed up for what?”