About two weeks ago, when my workshop was ending, I wanted to start making something just for me again. (It was one of my four simple goals.)
I succeeded with a daily art project back in 2007 with the daily card project. (You can read about it here.) When I started thinking about doing this all over again, I got very caught up in the parameters for this project. I needed to buy a notebook to keep all the "art." I needed direction. I needed a focus. I needed to start on a Monday. Because everything starts on the first day of something, right?
And obviously, when parameters start growing, inspiration starts falling. I lost desire to get this project off the ground.
Then Tuesday, I got a comment about the project and realized if I kept trying to start the art a day plan, I would never make it a reality.
On my bulletin board was a total joke sketch I had made that day inspired by Kal's creativity workshop. I took a photobooth frame and drew it upside down with a ballpoint pen, focusing on the lines of the image instead of the faces of the image. It's creepy for sure and certainly didn't turn out realistic. But it made me laugh. And it made Paul laugh harder.
And that could be the point of art a day.
Anything could be the point of art a day.
Making something different.
Making something funny.
Making something inspired.
Making something terrible.
Making something everyday.
And so I decided to drop the parameters and try to get something on paper (or photographed, or sewn, or written down) everyday. I started Tuesday and kept going. So that's three days and counting...
I am going to be collecting daily art in 4x6 or smaller and binding with book rings. (This is completely my comfort zone. And maybe if the collection part stays true to my comfort zone the art can jump right out of it.) I will be sharing here on occasion and on flickr as close to daily as possible.
Art a day. Good for the pen. Good for the paper. Good for the brain. Good for the heart. Good for the memories. Good for inspiring my next big project. Good for the laugh track.
Art a day. Let's keep rolling.
