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redroanchronicles) wrote2011-01-01 10:38 pm
redroanchronicles) wrote2011-01-01 10:38 pm
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Daily Art 2011: Day 001
I've never been much for New Year's resolutions. I've never been good at keeping them, and it seems to me that most of us treat resolutions a bit like Lent: it's something you do for a little while, just to prove that you can, before you get back to your daily indulgences.
But I have to admit, I've been turning over a new leaf. In addition to the other disturbing signs of adulthood that have crept up on me over the years -- you know, when you realize that you listen to NPR a lot and learning to cook is suddenly important and you actually want people to give you socks for Christmas -- I've also been doing some pretty serious work on myself. I've even been reading self-help books, God help me, and finding them incredibly useful. And I have, in general, been taking stock of myself... and have been weighed, measured, and found wanting. (Name that movie! Sorry, I don't have any prizes for you. But it is proof that you have excellent taste in film.)
So I've decided that this year, the only thing for it is to be bold. I tend to be commitment-phobic because I only end up letting myself (and others) down by over-committing myself and therefore getting absolutely *nothing* done, but I think I'll get through with all this new-found determination I have going. So this year, in addition to continuing my quest to learn useful life skills, I'm going to be creating a piece of art every single day. I'd originally planned to limit this to drawings and sketches, but since I'm working on a lot of different mediums these days, I'm going to make the definition a little more broad and include sculpture and crafts and other fun things like that. I want to stress that these are often going to be quick sketches, and aren't always going to be particularly good, but the point of the exercise is to get me out of a "I don't have enough time to do all the things I want to do!" frame of mind and into a habit of creating something every day.
Because a big part of the inspiration for this project was Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's Oscar acceptance speech -- which by the way is the best acceptance speech of all time -- I thought I'd kick off the project with a quick digital tablet sketch of Glen Hansard.
And while we're discussing my life skills crusade, I should mention that I've crossed another couple of items off the list; my roommate's husband has kindly taught me some mad chopping skills that took care of #20 on my list, and I knocked off #3 by snowshoeing around our pastures yesterday while checking fences. (It turns out snowshoeing is as easy as everyone said, but they didn't tell me that my butt would be sore the next day.)
I'm also working on some other goals for 2011, but have yet to define them, so I guess my goal for the moment is to work on defining my goals. :D
But I have to admit, I've been turning over a new leaf. In addition to the other disturbing signs of adulthood that have crept up on me over the years -- you know, when you realize that you listen to NPR a lot and learning to cook is suddenly important and you actually want people to give you socks for Christmas -- I've also been doing some pretty serious work on myself. I've even been reading self-help books, God help me, and finding them incredibly useful. And I have, in general, been taking stock of myself... and have been weighed, measured, and found wanting. (Name that movie! Sorry, I don't have any prizes for you. But it is proof that you have excellent taste in film.)
So I've decided that this year, the only thing for it is to be bold. I tend to be commitment-phobic because I only end up letting myself (and others) down by over-committing myself and therefore getting absolutely *nothing* done, but I think I'll get through with all this new-found determination I have going. So this year, in addition to continuing my quest to learn useful life skills, I'm going to be creating a piece of art every single day. I'd originally planned to limit this to drawings and sketches, but since I'm working on a lot of different mediums these days, I'm going to make the definition a little more broad and include sculpture and crafts and other fun things like that. I want to stress that these are often going to be quick sketches, and aren't always going to be particularly good, but the point of the exercise is to get me out of a "I don't have enough time to do all the things I want to do!" frame of mind and into a habit of creating something every day.
Because a big part of the inspiration for this project was Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's Oscar acceptance speech -- which by the way is the best acceptance speech of all time -- I thought I'd kick off the project with a quick digital tablet sketch of Glen Hansard.
Day 001
And while we're discussing my life skills crusade, I should mention that I've crossed another couple of items off the list; my roommate's husband has kindly taught me some mad chopping skills that took care of #20 on my list, and I knocked off #3 by snowshoeing around our pastures yesterday while checking fences. (It turns out snowshoeing is as easy as everyone said, but they didn't tell me that my butt would be sore the next day.)
I'm also working on some other goals for 2011, but have yet to define them, so I guess my goal for the moment is to work on defining my goals. :D