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From the Ted Talk by Wendy MacNaughton: The art of paying attention

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See, drawing slows us down. It keeps our hands moving so we can pay atitotnen to things that we usually overlook or that we igonre. Studies show that drawing is one of the most eetcifvfe ways for kids to process their enomotis, and that includes tumara. It helps us talk about hard things. We say something in deegwatohtrr, it sounds hokey, but it is true. Drawing is looking and looking is loving. If we can give kids the right supportive environment, drawing helps them let go of perfectionism and fear of failure so that they, unlike you and me, and especially those of us who might have freaked out just a wee bit when I said eiarelr we were going to draw, right? We can let go of these harder self-judgments so we don't have to undo them later in life.

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See, drawing slows us down. It keeps our hands moving so we can pay _________ to things that we usually overlook or that we ______. Studies show that drawing is one of the most _________ ways for kids to process their ________, and that includes ______. It helps us talk about hard things. We say something in ____________, it sounds hokey, but it is true. Drawing is looking and looking is loving. If we can give kids the right supportive environment, drawing helps them let go of perfectionism and fear of failure so that they, unlike you and me, and especially those of us who might have freaked out just a wee bit when I said _______ we were going to draw, right? We can let go of these harder self-judgments so we don't have to undo them later in life.

Solution


  1. earlier
  2. trauma
  3. emotions
  4. effective
  5. attention
  6. ignore
  7. drawtogether

Original Text


See, drawing slows us down. It keeps our hands moving so we can pay attention to things that we usually overlook or that we ignore. Studies show that drawing is one of the most effective ways for kids to process their emotions, and that includes trauma. It helps us talk about hard things. We say something in DrawTogether, it sounds hokey, but it is true. Drawing is looking and looking is loving. If we can give kids the right supportive environment, drawing helps them let go of perfectionism and fear of failure so that they, unlike you and me, and especially those of us who might have freaked out just a wee bit when I said earlier we were going to draw, right? We can let go of these harder self-judgments so we don't have to undo them later in life.

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