I am always struck — and it almost leaves me speechless for a moment — when people say that they are not capable of drawing. An adult human being with two hands.

Since my childhood, I knew I was able to draw. When my parents proposed that I go to an art school, I told them — a bit offended, even, that they would suggest it — "But I already know how to draw."

Of course, I don't want to devalue art education or professional training. But I want to emphasize that you can draw if you have two hands and can hold a pencil with at least one of them.

Recently, I saw an interview with David Hockney. I was so excited to hear the same ideas about drawing from him. The analogy about holding a pen was exactly the same.

If you think you can't draw, maybe it's time to question that belief and give it a try.

Make a line. A mark. A doodle. With a pen, pencil, charcoal. Whatever you have. You don't need fancy tools to draw. You don't need to paint like Rembrandt to create art.

Resemblance is not the point of art. It might be one point. But it is certainly not the only point — and it is not even the point of the greatest masters. The point, for me, is to create, to explore, to try, to experiment. To see the same thing in different ways.

There are so many dimensions to art! But they can only be experienced by doing it.

So yes, I think the only difference between artists and non-artists is that the first ones actually pick up a pencil — or some other tool — and make marks. Regularly.

However, if you don't even want to draw — take a pen in your hands or it's just not something you like to do (yet?) — then at least state it clearly to yourself. Say: "I don't want to draw right now."

At least you are true to yourself. Not devaluing the ability of your own body. Not making a false statement. Leaving the door for creativity open.