A new project-

A few months ago I started a 'drawing-a-day' project and stopped almost immediately. I was thinking about that because I was so mad I had 'given up'. I hate giving up! OK. There were other priorities then but what I realised after much thought was that I had expected too much from that daily drawing- and what I didn't do was to set some rules, some parameters for myself before I started. I impulsively jumped into the project without planning it and thinking about the 'bad 'days, the busy days, the icky days. So rule no1, if you are to embark on a venture plan it first. Dahhh!

And since I am already experiencing project-withdrawal...I decided to actually do a new 'drawing-a-day'. First I asked myself, who else has done something like this? Lisa Solomon whom I admire very, very, very much has (here). So I visited and studied and delighted in the clarity of her mind! and her abundant creativity!

So expect a daily ' visual thought'- it doesn't have to be a complete and edited paragraph of two hundred and fifty words!

How? On different papers, with a varety of things that make marks , any size...

But then I realised I needed something else too. The last year had been very introspective and narrow in its focus ...I needed to open a window to the world, so my daily drawing could be a 'visual thought' in response to some daily news. It could be my 'reaching out project' because I often feel too tightly curled up in myself and I want to stretch and reach out....

So this is my first drawing, and it's actually way more complex than I envision them to be but you know how it is , the girl gets enthusiastic and carried away!! I was looking at the New York Times, and I even wrote down a few words that meant something to me, but then I covered them with blanco because again I was doing too much and I know that on an 'icky', busy day I will not be able to do as much and I will give up. Plan for less!!!

Hugs-