60 Reasons to Draw

1.    You can express yourself in a way that words cannot.

2.    You get to call yourself an ‘artist.’

3.    You can brag about yet another talent that you have.

4.    You can make your enemies jealous.

5.    If you break your camera, you have another way to document memories.

6.    If you lose your camera, you have another way to document memories.

7.    It’s a better way to waste time than watching TV.

8.    It’s a better way to waste time than surfing Facebook.

9.    It’s a better way to waste time than playing video games.

10. You can make your mother proud.

11. You can make your father proud.

12. You can make your grandmother proud.

13. You can make your grandfather proud.

14. You can make your aunt proud.

15. You can make your uncle proud.

16. You can make your cousins proud.

17. You can stop calling yourself talentless.

18. You can become the next Picasso.

19. You can procrastinate from doing homework, and have something to show for it.

20. You can develop the creative part of your brain, which will serve immensely useful in the future.

21. You can create a portfolio of works, which will serve immensely useful in the future.

22. You can make money teaching kids art.

23. You can make money teaching adults art.

24. You can make money selling your art.

25. You can make your house beautiful with your artwork.

26. You can make someone else’s house beautiful with your artwork.

27. You can finally doodle the Mona Lisa in school, while the loser next to you is still at Stage One drawing those unsatisfyingly unsymmetrical stars.

28. You will develop a greater appreciation for Michelangelo.

29. You will develop a greater appreciation for Da Vinci.

30. You will develop a greater appreciation for Monet.

31. You will develop a greater appreciation for Picasso.

32. You will develop a greater appreciation for Rembrandt.

33. You will develop a greater appreciation for Dali.

34. You will develop a greater appreciation for Cezanne.

35. You will develop a greater appreciation for Matisse.

36. You can cross another item off of your checklist of “Things to Do Before I Die”

37. You can inspire people with your art.

38. You can enjoy someone’s reaction of what you drew.

39. You can put it on your resume.

40. You can use a knife for good instead of evil: sharpening pencils.

41. It’s fun.

42. It’s very serene.

43. It is therapeutic.

44. It’ exciting.

45. You can shift your anger from other people to the page.

46. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by a lion.

47. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by a tiger.

48. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by a bear.

49. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by a cheetah.

50. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by a hyena.

51. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by an alligator.

52. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by a crocodile.

53. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by a camel.

54. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by Godzilla.

55. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by an alien.

56. You can draw Justin Bieber being eaten by any one of those things above.

57. You can draw the person you hate being eaten by another person you hate.

58. You get to feel like you are doing something worthwhile.

59. You get to see the transformation of a blank paper that turns into a beautiful 3 Dimensional object.

60. You get to take full credit for a piece that someone else admires.