Marking the Signs of the Kingdom

Wendy Kiyomi was unpacking a box of her husband's books. Newlyweds, the two were combining their libraries into a solitary collection. One title stood out to Kiyomi—Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards.

Kiyomi asked her husband about it. He explained that it was from an art class he'd taken in high school, simply because he wanted to. This pinged something in Kiyomi, who had started private art classes in preschool but, in her view, "failed to develop as an artist."

12 years and an adoption of three children later, Kiyomi needed something restorative to do at night after exhausting days of caregiving. She pulled out Edwards' book and began reading. Then, she started drawing. Now, she finds herself regularly scanning her settings—home, errands, church—wondering what she could draw. She looks; she draws.