Penciling from pain to purpose
Author: Richard L. Fricks
Writer. Observer. Builder. I write from a life shaped by attention, simplicity, and living without a script—through reflective essays, long-form inquiry, and fiction rooted in ordinary lives. I live in rural Alabama, where writing, walking, and building small, intentional spaces are part of the same practice.
Penciling from pain to purpose
Penciling from pain to purpose
Penciling from pain to purpose
Today’s biking: sunny & 48 degrees
Today’s ride in 48 degree sunny weather.
Penciling from pain to purpose
With pencil, you can always erase.
Sue Monk Kidd
Penciling from pain to purpose
The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you’ll do yourself a service.
Stephen Sondheim
Penciling from pain to purpose
Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.
Jon Bon Jovi
Penciling from pain to purpose
Do you have hands? Excellent. That’s a good start. Can you hold a pencil? Great. If you have a sketchbook, open it and start by making a line, a mark, wherever. Doodle
Chris Riddell
Penciling from pain to purpose
It is the very mutability of the pencil mark that enables one to keep thinking in process.
Peter Saville
Richard L. Fricks 