# I must make a drawing, to honor and celebrate my mothers life

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**Created:** [May 7, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-make-a-drawing-to-honor-and-celebrate-my-mothers-life/1018044 "2025-05-07T22:03:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-make-a-drawing-to-honor-and-celebrate-my-mothers-life/1018044/1 "2025-05-07T22:03:11Z")

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I just asked ChatGPT to give me a Van Gough work of him looking out the window at mountains.

It did a great job.

I want to use my mothers pastels to recreate the image. She used those pastels in college in the 50’s. We used to draw together with them when I was a kid. When she died, I found those pastels that we both drew with together. Broken, worn pastels. I kept them.

She loves the impressionists as I do. I’m going to do a drawing for her. She passed away, 2 years ago. I will do it with her 70 year old pastels.

I must.

It is MPSIMS. And I’m gonna need a lot of encouragement. I haven’t drawn for years, but at my new house, I have the room to do it.

Any artists here?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-make-a-drawing-to-honor-and-celebrate-my-mothers-life/1018044/2 "2025-05-07T22:09:18Z")

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Duly, encouraged!

Don’t _try_ too hard. It will never be perfect. But it will please you to do it.  
Just to use those old pastels. Inspiring.

Wear a mask. There could be toxic properties to old pigments.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-make-a-drawing-to-honor-and-celebrate-my-mothers-life/1018044/3 "2025-05-07T22:32:59Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Don’t _try_ too hard. It will never be perfect

I have a brand new house that I should have room to do this. And nothing is ever perfect. If it where, we would not strive to make life better. This is why I call my house in the mountains ‘Cloud8’ not ‘Cloud9’

> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> But it will please you to do it.  
> Just to use those old pastels. Inspiring.

Yes. I need to. My Wife and my cousin want me to get back into it. I will be retiring in about 7 months or so. Not that I don’t have a lot to do.