Drawing the Dish Rack

The Times has a new section for the shelter-in-place era called At Home. Recent articles have included board games (I recommend Carcassonne, Ticket To Ride, or Cockroach Poker, myself; or Cosmic Encounter or Architects of the West Kingdom if. you want something more complicated.) as well as how drawing can help one stay mentally healthy. Here's an excerpt from the latter article (the drawing, above, comes from that article):

I found that drawing even the most mundane thing like a pair of shoes helped me relax. If it looked like we were going to be late for a doctor’s appointment or a soccer game, for example, I was less likely to get frustrated if I took a moment to capture the curving metal of the radiator in the living room or the backpack that was sitting in the hall. While I waited for everyone to get ready, time seemed to expand and slow. There was quiet in the house, and in my soul.

I liked to cook and was comfortable spending time in the kitchen, so I started drawing my dish rack every night. I now have more than a thousand renditions of my dish rack. Sometimes, especially during the lockdown, depending on how stressful things are, I draw it two or three times a day. These days, if I’m irritable at home and getting on my wife’s nerves — which is still a constant risk, for my recent personal growth has been matched by my children running smack into their teenage years — she’ll say to me, “Do you want to go do some drawing?” or “Have you done your dish rack yet, dear?