What's a pencil?

I'm feeling like there should always be an original... so, I'll start with a pencil... whatever comes next, I can't be held accountable for. Seems like in the olden days, I was always beating myself up about not drawing well enough. That was not very constructive. No. Pretty dumb, really. I think I was afraid of what would happen if I gave up the futility of "doing it right," (cf Daft Punk, c 2013). It bears repeating. Pretty dumb, really. I regret much. I think I've kinda failed because I was too cowardly to "just be me." Like the successful people in the bank ads always are... Like the people who really had the talent, like the people who had really figured it all out.