Long drawn out...
This is the longest period of continual drawing, painting, that I have done in my life.
OK, I must have done regular art classes at school, I kept bits and pieces.
But there was nothing much to show for all that time spent so long ago.
Only a draw....a calling...long ignored.
For 40 years:
I would turn out one or two scraps.
Then I would busy myself with all the other life stuff that called me to action or inaction:
- Running
- Climbing
- Traveling
- Exploring family history
- Acting
- Exploring work
- Exploring Relationships
- Doing Psychoanalysis
- Raising children
- Grieving
- Networking online
- Exploring tech
- Teaching
- Writing
- Researching
- Ageing
The list goes on, and on and on and on....
I am not board yet.
CONNECTED.
Regular blogging, connected learning, turned my hand to writing, creating, stuff....with friends.
It is, it has been an ongoing mapping process.
Often I would come back to drawing...then do.
NOTHING
I have had blogging sprees, averaging 10 posts a month.
2014 - 124 posts
2015 - 120 posts
2016 - 120 posts
Then the reflection on education and associated MOOCS has slown down...with my hope.
2017 - 60 posts
2018 - 30 posts
Along the way I have found the sound of my voices, how my writing sounds.
I know now how it sounds when I write.
Creating stuff with or alongside friends remains a constant.
They are sounding boards.
In psychoanalysis the wall was my sounding board.
I find the image I had uploaded to illustrate...
NOTHING
has disappeared.
I find myself enjoying writing this....
NOTHING
Perhaps for...
NOBODY.
I find a subject to create....an object....an objective.
I find an
I...
LONGDRAWNOUT
ÂME
So now I am looking back on months of constant practice.
How many months now?
Six months.
IS NOTHING
I count the tags back.
#julydoodle
#augustdoodle
#septdoodle
#inktober
#doodlewashnovember
#doodleadaydec
#jandoodle
Of course there were shorter sprees before.
I count the tags back.
#decdoodle
#jandoodle
They were spent largely larking around with apps.
I find myself creating images now which apps won't do anything for.
Nothing more is to be done with them.
They stand alone.
I suppose somehow, they are the ones I feel closest to...
I STANDS ALONE
CONNECTION HELPS.
