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Day 58 Make Bad Art and Share It.

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One of the reasons for doing this challenge was to become okay with making bad art.

Don’t get me wrong, I have always created bad art but lately I have been creating less art so when I do create, it isn’t as good as it would be if I’d been creating more which has made me not want to make art…catch 22!

I haven’t really been able to get “into the zone” and get excited about a project. What I really want to create – a junk journal – gets me feeling stuck because it’s new to me.

I love the idea of mixed media and I have more ephemera than anyone really needs but it’s a struggle to put it together. Maybe I’ve watched too many YouTube tutorials – when I try to make my version it just doesn’t look very good.

So I’m sharing these wonky mandalas – out of balance and poor line work – and that’s okay. Next I will share some bad junk journal pages!

Listening to Laura Horn Art Podcast #76. Dina Wakely – Why its okay to make bad art was helpful too. She suggests we lower our expectations and have fun creating…sounds like a great idea!

Day 57/100 Mandala

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wip mandala

My go to when I’m having a hard time with a project – especially a tech project is a mandala.

It’s easy on the mind to make the lines – I’m really happy with how this is looking. It definitely will get some shading at some point!

Websites are a pain in the butt – my difficult project. I don’t know what I’ve done but somehow I can only get in using a random login and password…computer generated, which means it’s not easily memorized.

And I can’t add photos from my phone…everything is much more time consuming this way.

I did get another challenge going at aleapintolife.com though. A 30 day Challenge to help me learn to let go of some of my stuff. Day one today! At the end of the challenge I will be 465 items lighter – I’m excited about it!

Day 35/100

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Tonight – after taking advantage of a beautiful day and working outside on the house, for most of the day – I started a zentangle/mandala doodle while watching “Lost”.

I kept at it until I started dozing off which happens around 9:30 most nights.

I sure miss being able to stay awake until the wee hours working on a project but as I get older it hasn’t really been an option. Acceptance right?

My plan was to work on the junk journal but I really wanted to do something that came more natural and since it’s a joyful creativity challenge, I embrace my choice 😍

Day 7 of 100 day Joyful Creativity

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Mandala doodle on book page.

Week one is done!

The biggest accomplishment would have to be getting the website up and running on day one.

What did I learn this week?

I think I’d like to start a project. It was good to muckaround with the wire and origami and mandalas are a fave for me but the randomness wasn’t as rewarding as I’d like.

I’ve been researching junk journals for the last few months and I have pretty much everything I’d ever need to make one (or a thousand!)

I love the idea of using old books, magazines, scrapbooking materials, stickers, stamps, fabric and junk mail to create a a funky journal.

There are some crazy, beautiful, detailed, ephemera filled journals out there in the world. That may be why I haven’t tried to make one yet. It’s a little intimidating!

This is a good time to move past the fear. I have some ideas to make them unique but the first one will be basic so I can get it finished fairly quickly. Hopefully another outcome of the 100 day challenge!

So next week will be about picking a cover, paper and figuring out how many signatures it will take to fill it. I’m feeling pretty excited about it! It’s been on my to do list for a long time 🙂