Reminder (74-75/365)
March 15, 2008
Yes, there are three doodles up there for 2 days, but the two portraits go together. both drawn yesterday when I was teasing the boy. He said something and I said "Oh yeah! Well I'm gonna draw your face!" Oooo, burn. It was really funny if you were there...and one of us.
So then I drew myself. Yep, that's me. A perfect likeness. No, not the one with the facial hair, the one with the lighbulb head! It's my latest nickname for myself. It's not a bad thing. Really. It's just, I really do have a long and sometimes lighbulb like head. The boy laughed out loud when he saw it (which is extremely rare) so that lead to me believing it was actually a pretty decent self portrait.
Oh, and the one on top is an actual, bonafide doodle done on a napkin. I scanned it in grey scale but if you look close enough, you can kinda make out the coffee ring at the top. In real life, it is indeed the color of coffee.
So, I feel like I should remind you what I'm doing here, 75 "doodles" in:
I won't rehash all the gritty details, most of those are in the About. The bottom line is, this is a blog centered around art in every form, my insane "phases" with creation, my desire to choose a project and stick to it and my need to meet others who are like me.
The meeting others part is the reason why we're trying to build a little internet community of artists. I'm a dabbler that's trying to really concentrate on drawing, photography and writing. However, you may not know but I also knit, crochet, recycle used items into newly crafted objects, etc. I love to learn about it all and try my hand at everything. From very early on, I told myself that if another human being could do it, then I could, too .... if I want to. So naturally, this lead to me doing a whole lot of dabbling and not a lot of concentrating.
This 365 project that I've been working on has really kept me focused. I love it. I do feel a certain amount of guilt as I tend to neglect things like knitting but I feel fantastic because I'm really starting to improve on my "concentrations" which has changed my demeanor completely. I mean really, I almost feel like a different person. Well, I'm not a different person, I'm becoming the person I was before I was jaded by things like bad boyfriends, high school and general growing up. The person who smiles and greets people as she walks past them on the street, the person who is comfortable being alone and singing in the kitchen while she washes dishes, the person who really appreciates the little things and is stressing a little less every day. BUT, as stated in my previous post, don't think I'm all peaches and cream. Oh hell no, I'm not blind. I still see the world as it is. ;)
I truly hope to inspire just one person. Inspire them to take on a project of their own. To draw even if they feel like they can't. To take photographs every day if that's their bag. To show off even if they know it's not the next Monet. To relax a little.
Seriously, I'm one of the most wound up people I know and here I am, actually finding some patience buried deep down in side. It's only a little, but it's really good to know it's there. Really, really good.
