0222 - Retrospective Words and Art

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO so there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bubbles (2009 or 2010)

My 365 Project - Retrospective Dailies

The thing is, there isn't anything I like repeating on a daily basis. I don't mind repeating certain tasks, but hardly ever in a planned, regular repetitious way. Which is why this project is such a challenge. Generally the gaps get larger and larger until I quit (or give up). I might continue posting sporadically on days I feel like posting. I don't want to say this project has ended, even though (obviously) it has.

I have gained from this practice, as I mentioned previously. I'm sure if I were to continue religiously there would be more benefits. That's just not enough incentive.

When we can commit to our priorities, take responsibility for our choices, and communicate them honestly to others, there will be no need to make excuses, and we will have much more energy to dedicate to all the things we love. Daily OM 

words (020511)

0216 - Retrospective Dailies

and the tendency i have these days to just throw everything in and expect it to fall into place naturally or for those who experience it to put whatever it is in the correct order and place based on the nature of the object. i am tired of laying things out for everyone. (2009)

Gorgeous (1998)

graphic (2010)

0215 - Daily Retrospective

unless your ellen degneres. and is she generous? or de generous? ha ha. like a miser. ellen miser. perhaps she changed it from shithouse. well there it is .the joke of the morning. and there's an interesting idea. a period to start a sentence .like this .instead of to end it .that's an interesting concept . it isn't over until the next thing starts . like endings encompas the start of the new begining .and i think that may be where it all goes (2008)

marble tile (2010)

Marbles (1997)

mountain screen for Second Life (2009)

The marble tile was made by following some tutorial, I believe. Feel free to snag it if you need a seamless background somewhere.

Marbles was made to illustrate my rant in shift/ALT (my online zine/blog) about how many marbles can fit in a jar. I was still experimenting with Bryce and hadn't figured out how to get rid of the default horizon glare.

The mountain screen was made for my blocked-in plot in Second Life, so I wouldn't have to look at neon blue revolving ad signs. Fortunately I was able to find a reasonably priced water plot last year. Living underwater solves a lot of neighborhood problems. Too bad I can't do that in first life.
Current Fads
Listening. Journey to a Rainbow - Chuck Mangione and We Just Disagree - Dave Mason; whirring space heater
Watching. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009); the sun rise
Activity. attempting to sleep all night
Gadget. none. anti gadget at the mo
News Source. the news feeds in Safari
Reading. Transitions - William Bridges; Switch - Chip Heath and Dan Heath; Mind Set! - John Naisbitt; Powers of the Weak - Elizabeth Janeway; U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton
Writing. what?

0212 - Words and Art

I thought again, as I have thought before, that I should have a theme each day, or try to pull something cohesive from these random acts. However, so far the only thing that unites them is that they are created on the same day in history. I could fabricate a theme on slender tangents. I won't.

i feel i have missed the boat. and yet somehow the deadlines go by and i regret them but that doesn't motivate me to meet the next one or to even get going. (2009)

2/12/98c3 (1998)

Spurious profile art for my Facebook page. (2010)

0211 - Words and Art

i'm writng this because i have to let go of something. i'm not sure what it is but i'm pretty sure it involves you and what you represent and how you transformed my life by pointing to the parts that are most vitally me. and yet you stand back like a catalyst and act as if nothing happened. (2011)

Goat's Beard, not normal (2001)

Machine (1999)

0210 - No Words and Art

This project has brought one good physical change: my stack of artwork is better organized. I could, possibly, find a work if I needed to. I also value my work more and I'm less embarrassed about the stupid junk I've made. 

Historically, February 10th is a low point for me. I generally do hardly anything on this day. Typically I'll be working, i.e., doing something productive to take my mind off of life. However, absolutely no "Morning Pages" have happened on this day, or if they have I didn't keep them. 

02-10-98c (1998)*

I Just Wanted You to Know (2008)

*OMG! I was creating in Illustrator as early as 1998! wow ...

0208 - Words and Art

I've missed two days out of the last week and I'm not going back and filling in. In the normal realm of Elaine-ness this spells certain death. But I'm not going there today. Oh. Wait. I just did. Anyway, here's what I did on this day in history.

i noticed yesterday she brought her own lunch or seemed to have her own lunch. after i let her know that i know how the executive dining room works. my suspicion is that she's been feeding herself up there. (2005)

well, this is not really like capturing the first thoughts of the day because those are the ones that get me out of bed. (2009)

i don't want to write. i don't want to think about words or typing. i want to roam around drifting and letting thought pass thorugh my head in one side and out the other. like a sluice. juice. meep. beep. creep. seep. leap. heap. jeep. keep. leep (2010)

On this day in 2000 I either started or finished a sketchbook simile portfolio. I created it in Pagemaker and through the magic of Abode opened it today in InDesign with a mere double click. I had to change a couple of fonts and relink the images (which miraculously are all still here – except for one I didn't bother looking for). Here are a few screen shots.

Cover

High School Graduation Announcement

assorted sketches

frames from an animation

GNOLAUM (ETERNAL) spelled backwards; a pen and ink drawing from the 70s

back cover

0206 - Words and a photo

hey.
who are you.
i'm your new boyfriend (makes sexy pose with snakelike flexibility gazing over his should at me). yep. that's right. and you can draw me any way you like.
uh huh. i suppose someone hired you to wish me a happy birthday.
no. no. it's nothing like that. ... well, maybe.
well, you're here. i guess that's all that matters. get me a drink, will you?
certainly! love to! what would you like?
surprise me.
right. uh. okay. back soon.

the dust really shows up in the sunlight. and i have this urge to fly away to a sunny beach and lay out ... (2008)

2004 in the office

0205 - Words and Art

please don't tell me my lot in life is to learn to love everyone but be alone for the rest of my life. that's like telling me i can only have near beer forever. that would be bad. (2009)

get a little crazy (2003)

startup screen for PowerMac (1998) made by my son as a surprise

Current Fads
Listening. Healing Sounds (Sounds True) Ciara, Luka Bloom
Watching. It's a Guy Thing (2008); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Activity. exploring the jungle
Gadget. a family of space heaters
News Source. the news feeds in Safari
Reading. The American - Henry James; The Pathbreaker Agent - Elaine Greywalker; On the Threshold of Transformation - Richard Rohr et al
Writing. The Pathbreaker Agent

0204 - Words and Art

is it normal for a 50 year old woman to be installing a printer at 6 am on a Saturday morning? (2006)

okay. can i take ten minutes? i don't know. it's nearly lunchtime and i got up at 9. slept very badly. woke at 2:30 and could not get to sleep until after 5:30. sucked major. and then i fell asleep nearly only to wake immediately. my life sucks. a bad night of sleeping is so awful. (2008)

well, here i am again. the last couple of days i've not been here and have instead been letting myself be stressed out and du dumb stuff ... (2009)

nightlight (2007)

0202 - Words and Art

(2006)

anyway. safari. safari. safari. and more safari. did some surfing. yep the web is more like a jungle. (2005)

020220001c (2000)

ooky (2000)

0201 - Words and Art

why not just get a bunch of rats and toss them in a room with hazards and see how well they do. i be[t] they develop a society much like ours and i bet they also have maniacs who refuse to see the wisdom of the collective. (2005)

I have no idea what this is - a bad day, I guess (2004)