DRAWING MANIA!!

Me Drawing at Age Seven, June 2005

When I was little, I drew ALL THE TIME. I think I started to draw when I was about six. The objects I've drawn for the longest are houses. You see, when a typical person passes by a house, their brain says "HOUSE" and then they move on. If that. That was not to be for me. Back then, (and still sometimes today) I if I were to pass by a house, my brain would see the house, notice every detail about it, and then say "oh would you look at that beautiful (or trashy :P haha!) house, I think it's interesting." (Or boring haha!) Then, I would get home, and my brain would say "let me think....... how can I take my memory of this house and mix it with others I've seen to make a 'glorious creation?'"

Another thing you should know about the drawing thing with me is that when I drew back then, I drew all day, and I kept all my drawings in our cabinet under our T.V. Before I go any further, I would like to tell you something about me: I have always been a pack rat, and when you combine a person with a passion for drawing and a pack rat you get..... ChAoS! Also, back then I didn't just draw my houses, I also viewed them. Every single day. And I never did it in my room; I always did it in the same place: in my family room, on the floor; and when I did it, when I finished looking at the drawings, I didn't put every single one back as I went, I tossed them right across the floor. So when I did that nearly ALL my drawings would be scattered EVERYWHERE, and that made a mess for my mother to walk past. My mom took some of my houses and stapled them together into booklets to help control it, but it didn't really work. And only once and awhile did I ever get rid of SOME of my drawings.

Do you like to draw? And if so, what do you like to draw?

House Drawing by Eli Myers