How often have we been told to never surrender? Never quit trying! If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! When you fall off that horse, you’ve got to get right back in that saddle! Rehab is for quitters!
There was a point in today’s challenge that this slightly resembled my hand. That was the time to quit. It wasn’t quite right so just kept tweaking it until it looks like the cover of one of the ’50’s dime horror magazines. Picture it in green.
Today’s Everyday Matters challenge was to draw a bit of organized chaos. Wow if that’s not my whole life in a nutshell! Every where I look there’s a book I’m reading or mean to read or just finished reading. There’s a pile of magazines scattered through my office full of projects for me to take on from learning a new acoustic guitar song and drawing realistic legs, to the latest tech craze and fixing that nasty slice in my golf swing. There are PILES of these things, I tell ya. It doesn’t stop there. There’re my art supplies that need organized and put away strewn about my desktop. There are tools stacked throughout the house for various projects in different stages of completion. That’s just the physical stuff. That doesn’t even touch the emotional things going on in my world right now, let alone what I want to be when I grow up. I’m not sure I’ll ever get that organized, but maybe I can shove it into a tote and slide it under the bed.
It really feels good to just stop thinking about the day and spend just a few minutes completing one of these challenges. It works as a practical meditation for me. They say that anything you do for 21 days has a 50% chance of becoming a lifelong habit. Today is day 8, the first day of the second week. Here’s to a bunch of good habits for a change.
For at least the last thirteen years, my little family has maintained a membership at the zoo. For a nominal fee we gain unlimited visits. This comes in really handy for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is all of the entertainment value when you can’t afford anything else.
Today was absolutetly gorgeous at around 65F with a light breeze and not a cloud in the sky. It being a late Sunday afternoon, there wasn’t much of a croud to speak of. We had the run of the place and I sketched everything from a bearded barbet to a wild moira.
Today’s EDM Challenge is to draw a bottle, jar, or tin from your kitchen.
Today’s challenge was to draw your bed. Perhaps I should have made my bed first? Can you even find a bed in there?
