day #365 - the end of an era

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I thought I was on top of it; I had finished early and was looking for a movie to watch already 3 hours ago. And I don't know how time went by. A phonecall, some networking studying, some online shopping and here we are, already past the time for an early movie. Regardless, today is a special day. The blog is over! I finished 365 days of daily painting and recording it, whatever that means. A big part of the process I will have to keep doing mainly for myself. Perhaps taking daily photos of my work and saving it on some folder. This has provem useful many times when I trying to date a piece I've been working on. Also making a small diary of today's achievements. It's still useful. But this will be done for my eyes only. I also don't know if I will be continuing my obsessively daily painting. How would life be if I had days off? Now for example that I'm moving out and I have to daily chores that until now were completely taken care of, perhaps I'll allow my

day #22 - More Doodles


More doodles today on the iPad. But wait, there is more. I had a feeling that today might be the day for a bit of narrative. After all, I want to be able to paint, in order to create worlds, depict that which is not. Interestingly I had never thought to create a story/scene/feeling first into my mind and then try to work from there. Usually I start randomly and hope for a story/atmosphere to emerge but rarely is there any luck. Today, I focused on an idea, and feeling and started working towards that.

I've done similar forays in the past, with the exception that back then I had a very specific vision I wanted to reproduce and any discrepancy would be a cause for distress. Today it was more like a feeling propelling me towards a direction. There was nothing I was trying to reach; I was merely trying to ride a train.

I enjoyed it while it lasted. I've been stressed so I didn't enjoy today's work overall but I can see potential in the approach. I hope not to forget it and try it again.

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