Yesterday #the100dayproject turned into a bit of a mixed experience.
I enjoyed making the card backgrounds. I was pleased I'd let myself off the hook by being OK with not making as many as I'd said I was going to but by the evening I felt really, really drained. Not at all what I was aiming for when I "signed up" for the project.
The tech aspect was still frustrating me and taking way longer than I'd have liked and I began to realise that I couldn't keep this pace up for 100 days.
Something would have to change.
On waking this morning I took time to reconnect with why I was doing this project and what I wanted from it.
It was easy to see that I'd got carried away with the making and writing about it aspects which makes sense since my stated objective was "getting myself into the attic everyday, creating something, even if it's just a blob of paint on a piece of paper. and posting about it somewhere."
What is missing from that objective though is the process behind the making and posting. How it is done is more important from my perspective than what gets done. I was so happy with how Day 1 turned out because it was "a mysterious unfolding of creativity that (took) me by surprise." Which really points to what it's all about for me.
Once I reconnected with this I felt energised and ready to go again.
A good way to describe is as one big coddiwompling experiment that I have set up to explore for 100 days.
Coddiwompling is such a fun word. Perfect to describe what I'm trying to get at here.
I paticularly like the way that Kirsty Halvorsen desribes it on her website:
Coddiwomple
Verb | Cod-di-wom-ple|
- to travel purposefully toward unknown destinations
- to be open to limitless possibilities
- to UNpredict your journey
Coddiwompling: the act of one that Coddiwomples
Now doesn't that sound like fun?! š
So now we've got that sorted, let's look at what got created today.
It wasn't the whole painting of course. It's been hanging around the attic for years. It's actually painted on a wooden door panel from our front door, which was replaced with glass.
This was in the days when I was feverishly painting anything I could paint on, but I never liked it. Then Rosanna found it one day and rhapsodised over it so I had one last go, adding some masking tape and ink detail and the flowers. Then it sat around again for months because I felt it still wasn't finished.
Fast forward to this morning when my eyes fell on an old necklace I was given at the Sunday market. I waxed some thread, divided up the beads and stuck them on with heavy structure gel to make some stems.
And now it's done. It's going to hang in the front room and I'm going to celebrate one more thing decluttered from the attic. Hoorah!
Uh. Maybe not. I'm still feeling hesitant.
It's going to have to stay in the attic for a bit longer. I'm not sure about that middle stem. Nope, don't like that middle stem.
P.S. It doesn't look as busy in real life as the photo makes it look and the colours are much nicer. Just so you know.
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š Before I go, I'd like to thank everyone who's cheering me on.
Your support is very much appreciated. š
@denmarkguy, @alchemystones, @steevc, @shanibeer, @nickydee
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Next - Day 4