The sketchbook that healed me.

Danny Gregory shares the inspiring story of how a tragedy led him to a life of art-making.

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[MAURICZZIO]

My beautiful wife of 25 years passed away on June 4th 2019. I used to sketch every day and my only admirer was my wife who always had a complement saying: "beautiful". After her passing I stopped for two years. I just started again and is helping me with my loss.

[bushtherapy]

Drawing is one of the few things that make me present

[BijayaLakshmiSarma]

I don't know why I cried when he talked about how drawing helped him to see his wife as the wonderful human she was and not as a problem. That's really the purpose of art: It helps us see things in it's true light and beyond the shadows of our judgement. ❤️

[samrhoades]

This is the most wholesome video I've ever seen on this platform in 15 years. This guy deserves recognition for what he does. Thank you, sir.

[suzyq]

My husband was paralyzed at the age of 29. We had 2 kids. His accident was excruciating.
I've painted him in oils 3xs. Creative endeavors have been an integral part of my life. If I go a period of time without creating, I get depressed. THANK YOU for reminding me how important it is to continue creating every day. We have been married 46 years, so far.

[beverlyhelm]

I knew someone who made little houses out of cardboard boxes she cut up. She said she couldn’t afford other supplies. She had an impressive little village.

[terrymead]

You mentioned two things toward the end that grabbed me; connecting with blessings, the communions. Know God, see Him in everything. No God, see Him in nothing. I see Him in the gift He gave you that helped heal you. We live in a broken world. He can use anything in a life, and He is.

[garysmathers]

I'm so sorry. Life can be so cruel sometimes.

[susanmitchell]

I’ve drawn all my life; I went to art school and worked in industry until I went freelance in 1986, the year before my sons birth.

My son drowned at the age of 26 and drawing and painting is the only thing that keeps me sane. It helps me forget the nightmare that is my life and the continual sadness and anger just for a few brief hours at a time.

[babybambi]

You are healing others whilst you're healing yourself.

[samdavepollard]

i'm here watching this on 9 june 2022
thank you for sharing your story

[petegalloway]

Drawing is a super power, I just found it at 50+
I see it as a meditation.
I never new I could draw till now. Zone out the world, draw! 😊

[LucasSavelli-ew]

Really loved the comparison when kids do art! They don't careee!!! And it's GREAT that way.

[sarahyip]

Profound. "To Feel love for the world. And to heal myself."

[Happinosis]

I’m 51 and was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s at 48. I started teaching myself to draw this year and it’s been so helpful for me. Today is my 15th wedding anniversary and I’ve finally been able to admit, today, on a rare day out together to my husband, that I actually feel disabled, and you know what? It was ok. I’m finding other ways to live and drawing is a big part of it. Thank you for sharing with us xxx

PS the one thing I’ve never thought is why me? Why the hell not me? I’m not the only one. Doesn’t mean I haven’t cried coming to terms with it, but you know….sending so much love your way xxxx

[judithehrhardt]

Thank you. I am affirmed. I am not wasting time. Your gift has done its job. Thank you.

[costelinha]

This is what your wife probably would want too, not to be pitied as someone who got "broken", but to be still seen for who she is, even if she now has a handicap.



I don't say this to judge you, I get that people who have close bonds to disabled people sometimes feel this way, they really pity them, they seem to grieve for them to a fault, and I can see why, no one wants to see their wife being permanently bound to a wheelchair, but sometimes that pain, that sadness we feel for another person can blind us, and prevent us for seeing that they're still the same person we knew and loved, they're not less for being disabled.



That's what makes this so beautiful.

[pamelahansen]

Thank you 😔💝grateful for your sharing- lost my husband to complications of Parkinson’s and it’s taken four years to climb out of the sadness- because of drawing 💝

[judyhammond]

It has healed me also. I tell people it opened the door to my now happy life.

[fabioarturospada]

The entirety of this video is one of the most beautiful things I've heard another human ever speak of.

Thank you so much for sharing with us.