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What I learned from drawing my face
阅读难度：★★★☆☆（个人情感）Words: about 330; Time: 5.5 minutes
语篇导读：“我”在尝试多种兴趣失败后，决定在100天内坚持每天画一幅自画像。100天后，“我”得到了意想不到的收获！
There were times when I wanted to be a fashion designer, a model, or a rock star but I gave up on all of them halfway. The one thing I stuck with was drawing.
That’s why this “100 Days of Self Love” project was both such a joy and a challenge.
The rules I set for myself were simple: one self-portrait (自画像) a day for 100 days. Following my own advice, I wanted to achieve something outside of my day job. Not only did I get a sketchbook (素描本) to keep forever out of this project, but I also got a little better with my work ethic (道德标准), improved my skills and learned some valuable lessons. Plus, I proved to myself that I could do it. I learned to look at myself.
In our selfie-obsessed (沉迷于自拍的) culture, we take pictures of our faces all the time without a second thought. I wanted to find out the meaning of “self” and see what I could learn. I quickly realized that I never looked at my face so carefully.
By about day 20, I got a good sense of what I looked like — I could draw myself pretty well. My face was familiar to me — instead of just being the image (镜像) in the mirror.
I also got tired of looking at myself. I could never get my nose right, and I wanted to draw something other than my face. The last 40 days were very hard. All I could do was tell myself to never give up!
Drawing my face every day for 100 days was difficult. But I made it! I now have a sketchbook that I can keep for years. Although things are not perfect, I’m still proud that I finished this project.
This project was a good reminder that if I set my mind on something — and if I’m actually crazy about it — I can do it.
And if I can do this, what else can’t I achieve?
From: www.huffingtonpost.com
---选自英语周报2017-2018上学年《高一人教课标综合》第07期
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