The pace of this project is slow but steady, marching through time at 1 inch per day. And already since the start of the year it’s a past the first page.
And the book is teaching me lessons already: Page one’s squares were measured and neatly spaced. Page two’s are are more in keeping with my style: eye-balled, uneven, bit wonky in places.
After the first few weeks I’ve wandered off from just doodle/painting to include collaged bits – fragments of that day’s doings. It intrigues me how different the mood of each day looks. It intrigues me to see how the coming weeks and months will look, and the lessons they will bring.
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hi gecko. i love the look of what you are doing. it will be very exciting to see how it looks after the year. i am doing my own daily art practice–anything i want on a 5×7 paper foundation completed in one hour. I was doing really well until this week when life got odd. Seeing your pages inspire me not to give up.
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It’s a tricky balance – commitment to a project and making space in normal life, right? I don’t always remember/find time to do the day’s square actually on the day (I was zealous for the first 2 weeks… the life… yeh, you know the rest!) but I try and think about the day I’m doodling when I do it and put something a bit meaningful in. There’s something really satisfying about looking back once it’s done. I guess that’s like a lot of stuff in life!
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This looks just awesome!
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Aw thank you! X
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What a wonderfully intriguing project! I love the idea and what I see here.
Inspired!
Joan Gaetz
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Hi Joan 🙂
The idea came from here https://belindafireman.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/self-love-365/
there’s a little online community attached to the project – if you’re tempted to join in too! X
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What an amazing idea….glad I found you….looking forward to seeing what evolves here with each passing day!
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isn’t it fun! It’s a fascinating project, if you’re interested this is where the idea came from https://belindafireman.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/selflove365-almost-done/
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I’m definitely interested so thanks much for the link to the original idea!! I was thinking of just jumping in today and then backfilling days as I went along…or not…I like the idea of loving myself enough not to put unnecessary emphasis on “catching up” to feel like I’m “doing it right”, kwim?
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I think doing what you feel’s right is ‘doing it right’ 😉 Why not start today and more on from there. Every day can be a new beginning, right? All that ‘New Year’ from Jan 1st is pretty arbitrary. I look forward to seeing your day-by-days 🙂
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This is awesome. Thanks for the link. I may try this. I draw daily and art journal (not fancy) daily and …. one square. Really like this thought!
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I like that you are building a visual language, a vocabulary of marks and signs and symbols, a dictionary of Eph. Already I can see those gestures, shapes and lines that are you …
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I hadn’t seen it like this before – lovely to have your insightful perspective – thank you my friend 🙂
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