The 100 Day Project by Elle Luna starts again on April 4th.
The official hashtag for the project is #the100dayproject. Participants are challenged to do something (usually something creative, but really anything goes) for 100 consecutive days and to share on Instagram with both that hashtag and one of their own creation - specific to the project they are completing.
I attempted this a couple years ago with #100daysofgodtime, but only made it to Day 17. Errrrr. That's not very far.
A guest at my house recently complimented the artwork on my walls. I thanked her and then made my standard reply - "I used to spend a lot of my time doing art before the little people arrived." This conversation ran through my head again and again in the days that followed. Something about my answer was just sort of stuck on repeat in my brain.
Eventually, I was able to connect a few meaningful dots. I thought about the effort I've put into reading this year - both the fact that I've completed 13 books despite feeling like I had "no time to read" and also the way I've felt so much more like "me" in the few months since I've once again been reading religiously. It took me longer than it probably should have, but I finally figured out that art was another area that I could reclaim.
I can make art one of "my things" again. I can bring back that part of myself. I can enjoy it. I can NURTURE this part of my nature. There may not be much time, but there is time. Even if I can only work on it in five minute bursts, I can still work on it.
As you likely have guessed, my hashtag is #100daysofpaperandpaste. I'm ready to give it a real go.
My plan for the project is this:
A guest at my house recently complimented the artwork on my walls. I thanked her and then made my standard reply - "I used to spend a lot of my time doing art before the little people arrived." This conversation ran through my head again and again in the days that followed. Something about my answer was just sort of stuck on repeat in my brain.
Eventually, I was able to connect a few meaningful dots. I thought about the effort I've put into reading this year - both the fact that I've completed 13 books despite feeling like I had "no time to read" and also the way I've felt so much more like "me" in the few months since I've once again been reading religiously. It took me longer than it probably should have, but I finally figured out that art was another area that I could reclaim.
I can make art one of "my things" again. I can bring back that part of myself. I can enjoy it. I can NURTURE this part of my nature. There may not be much time, but there is time. Even if I can only work on it in five minute bursts, I can still work on it.
As you likely have guessed, my hashtag is #100daysofpaperandpaste. I'm ready to give it a real go.
My plan for the project is this:
- create 1 "paper and paste" collage each day for 100 days
- share on Instagram
- tape to our bedroom wall
And that's it, for now. I imagine a theme or two might develop over the course of the 100 days - either color or subject matter or both. And I will likely spend some time thinking about those things in the time between now and the project start date. But, I'm really just looking forward to doing art again - and to keeping the plan simple.
No comments:
Post a Comment