How to Train a Happy Mind Drawing As Meditation with John Simon Jr. #207
Nov 4, 2025
John Simon Jr., an artist and author of "Drawing Your Own Path," shares how drawing can serve as a powerful form of meditation. He explains his daily drawing routine that fosters mindfulness using techniques like sensory noting and non-dominant hand drawing. John discusses how his practice has led to self-acceptance and healing, revealing insights about identity and ego. He highlights the importance of expressing emotions through drawings and offers a simple mindfulness exercise for listeners to connect with their creativity.
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Mark-Making As Introspective Map
- Watching your hand make marks can reveal the unconscious rules you use to create and becomes a form of inner meditation.
- That introspective observation can be used later as algorithmic insight or personal insight.
Start With Non-Dominant Hand
- Sit quietly and let your non-dominant hand start moving to begin a drawing meditation practice.
- When attention drifts, shift to sensing how tight you grip the pencil or how hard you press to refocus.
Negative Space Reveals Self
- A drawing's negative space revealed to John the 'emptiness of self' and shifted his understanding of ego.
- The self appears as an elaborate construction of history, biology, and relationships, not a solid entity.
