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How to Draw a Shark

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Step One:

Think of something you are afraid of.

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Step Two:

Draw an upside down “V” or an A without the crossbar that makes it look like an upside down “V.”

 
 

Step Three:

Draw the bow wave so that you can tell what direction the shark is swimming (e.g. towards you).

 

Step Four:

Draw the wake to help reinforce that yes, it’s definitely swimming towards you.

 

Step Five:

Draw an arrow that points to it.

 

Step Six:

Color it in (optional).

 

Step Seven:

On the end of the arrow that is not pointing at the shark, write down a sentence that describes the fear you thought of in step one.

 

Repeat as many times as necessary.


 

You may be wondering why there is no body necessary to draw a shark.
It is because we only need the imagined threat of any fear to fully fear it.
And besides, spoiler alert.

 

Knowing Not Knowing

Some days risk must be endured. On those days it's not thrilling nor terribly scary. Reward and failure, both, elude.

Today is one of those days.  Today I experience the plain, boring side of risk. I must be with my choices and not scramble one way or another to change them so they are more or less comfortable. Being with this uncertainty is different from creating it or discovering where it leads. It’s both not knowing and knowing at the same time.

It’s knowing not knowing.