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Mar 05, 2026

INKTOBER52 PROMPT NO. 10

Happy Thursday Inkers!

Very impressed with your horses, so much so, that I decided to join in the fun and for the first time ever added my own art to the archives of prompt responses. Yes, I’m basically Rembrandt.

After seeing this, Jake challenged me to do a realistic version and the results had him laughing so hard, I thought he was going to have a stroke. The family group chat promptly roasted my horse, with my son-in-law asking if I drew it from memory or a nightmare.

You’re welcome.

As I’ve thought this week about the upcoming prompt, I feel a little silly, thinking of a drawing challenge when so many serious things are happening around the world. After talking with one of my favorite artists, however, we decided that we can’t put the burdens of the whole world on our shoulders all the time, but instead, we can choose to lift where we stand. We can take care of ourselves and our families, we can help our coworkers and neighbors, and we can lift those in our own circle of influence. I can’t fix the world, but I can fix something. I can make some small part of someone’s day a whole lot brighter. There are so many of us, it’s sure to make a difference.

I am so buoyed up by the Inktober community each week. Even your comments to each other on social media are so supportive and encouraging as you cheer each other on - who does that?! What a wonderful corner of the internet we have here.

So go ahead and dream up some art that fits the prompt of “lift” and then step outside and find ways to use your other talents as well to lift others. (I think I’ll start with some interpretive dance - it’s almost as good as my drawing.)

I have so much faith in you!

-Alison

#inktober52 #inktober52lift

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