# seeing seeing things for what they really are. artistic. looking and seeing. Frederick Franck [Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13535132-zen-seeing-zen-drawing) is about drawing as meditation. learning to draw is about seeing what is in front of you without the brain getting in the way, without substituting mental symbols or assumptions of what is being drawn. this is harder to do than most people realize. [[tao]]. [[zen]]. [[mindfulness]]. [[slow]] down to see things as they truly are. [[walking]]. [[meditation]]. [[28 Ways to Find the Stillness You Need to Thrive]] lists many activities that can help to slow down and learn to see things as they are. --- tags: #creativity #process home: [[! creative process]]