tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75275492024-02-23T08:39:56.660-05:00How To Say EverythingComix, creativity, and how to get started, how to remain unstuck and how to create forever in any art form.Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-24173824293670941832024-02-08T13:01:00.002-05:002024-02-12T09:40:21.665-05:00 How to write the world's worst song in just two weeks!<p>How to write the world's worst song in just two weeks!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">INTRODUCTION</h3><p>Ok I signed up for this songwriting cohort with led by these youtubers I quite like (in case you think any of the below is on them, it's not!)</p><p>4 Prompts in 8 weeks, which as some of you may know is about 8 times slower than I usually work, 3 days being a comfortable pace, 1 week being WAY too long, and 1 day being an often generative goal.</p><p>So PROMPT 1 was come up with a WRITABLE IDEA, which according to the prompt is THUS: A concept + a title + a song map.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjIbl3_QSyIzfsxfRQBf0tgbnhat8OjHSm7GilBaUTxIYwCUKGLrhbaVwLw34m2S8NyysYCL1tqNhDhVD0Aa9p5X2reztuRpYSx2x3q6nhOk13uy7KcdBKDW0Zb9UIBmqTUgl_b3t8axH9ow81EcLCeK8GmYHyI4Mt0Ok69wXJEVEZupUb6y0/s1930/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-28%20at%207.43.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1930" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjIbl3_QSyIzfsxfRQBf0tgbnhat8OjHSm7GilBaUTxIYwCUKGLrhbaVwLw34m2S8NyysYCL1tqNhDhVD0Aa9p5X2reztuRpYSx2x3q6nhOk13uy7KcdBKDW0Zb9UIBmqTUgl_b3t8axH9ow81EcLCeK8GmYHyI4Mt0Ok69wXJEVEZupUb6y0/w320-h179/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-28%20at%207.43.05%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And I NEVER make songs this way. I told my friend Timothy today that my method was:<div><br /></div><div>Improv + outline + improv + get squashed by limitations + squirrel my way to a solution. </div><div><br /></div><div>I quite like that method!</div><div><br /></div><div>I hate ideas! :)</div><div><br /><div>But I like to play the good student, so I went with it...</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">PART I</h3><div><br /></div><div>My "writable idea" was: <b>A song by an astronaut to their lover on Earth, called BONEY LANDMARKS</b> and the <b>songmap</b>, was .. well, ambiguous...</div><div><br /></div><div>I thought it would be good it if it went from <b>micro</b> to <b>macro</b>, from personal feelings to world-sized things (since that's the kind of perspective you might get up there in space.)</div><div><br /></div><div>(Also I love the "astronaut song", Space Oddity being the main one, Major Tom being a nice follow-up, with that great countdown, Rocketman, of course... tell me others in the comments!)</div><div><br /></div><div>So from there I was already desperate for some ideas that weren't mine, so I drew some cards (I love cards.)</div><div><br /></div><div>I pulled these:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvpIj1l7_ILnv9vjp5KhOGApCGSabIDyWISGtmiGr5EZbsgjhO9V16OjcRevZ5b1o_-BUMvZ-XKNSHMSinwYXICnV9QSarNUwyYIeT9FBBbtJBWh-FqikQJ41f8MNQ1lLnfyNngYClf6pf9AIcCgKCNhUMWSZhuKKXUklePl0-MxmnpKD4mgj/s2134/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-07%20at%204.44.36%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="2134" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvpIj1l7_ILnv9vjp5KhOGApCGSabIDyWISGtmiGr5EZbsgjhO9V16OjcRevZ5b1o_-BUMvZ-XKNSHMSinwYXICnV9QSarNUwyYIeT9FBBbtJBWh-FqikQJ41f8MNQ1lLnfyNngYClf6pf9AIcCgKCNhUMWSZhuKKXUklePl0-MxmnpKD4mgj/w490-h305/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-07%20at%204.44.36%20PM.png" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An outline emerged, kind of in keeping with my first idea: From HEART to CLOUDS to ORDER. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took order to mean DISORDER, and took the CLOUDS to mean BATTLE and so my song map became basically:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lonely feelings up above --> Battle on earth down below ---> Out of touch, stranded.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was taking inspiration from the lovely, far less grand sequel to <i>2001</i>, <i>2010</i> where the USA and Russian astronauts are in space while their nations are at war. And my own <i>THE SANDS</i>, the less said about that the better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But wait, WHY <b>BONEY LANDMARKS </b>do you say?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I DON'T KNOW!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Except it's a phrase my pal Sidney say when talking about figure drawing and I thought it could relate to the body, to the figure, to bones, to landmarks, etc. I thought it would work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thus I had my TWO WEEK ASSIGNMENT....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PART II</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If the assignment was "take this puppy and keep it under your bed and torture it daily" it would have been a more appropriate prompt. That's what it felt like forcing this thing out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are some scribbles of me trying to get this thing squeezed out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianYDRNnFbU5jppTfx9PCNeLrOxlqih1gLbAesSzq7ebnrTD_K46s_xQ4i6a0pk3jj_kDVls0YwnuGmXbLQJ4ZuaACsI2y34qVRQHmdwLhZvZ7tpAx9FfOPoN_8APquBxbzknAZO73npoZsdYCa81fXntkPKH7zMZ39OQdtTuE0g1UIoo5ZMk1/s4080/PXL_20240207_214953180.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianYDRNnFbU5jppTfx9PCNeLrOxlqih1gLbAesSzq7ebnrTD_K46s_xQ4i6a0pk3jj_kDVls0YwnuGmXbLQJ4ZuaACsI2y34qVRQHmdwLhZvZ7tpAx9FfOPoN_8APquBxbzknAZO73npoZsdYCa81fXntkPKH7zMZ39OQdtTuE0g1UIoo5ZMk1/w482-h640/PXL_20240207_214953180.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TWO more things. It was strongly encouraged we do a smart songwriting thing, which is know what KEY we are writing in. And do play with the home and "away" chords. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course I would normally bristle at this, being the naive brut I am, but being that "home" and "away" related decently to a song about being stranded in space. So I went with it. My key (and home chord) was F#.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For a few days working with the chords I knew I was ALLOWED TO USE, I was walking down the street and ran into my musician friend Willy --this is TRUE-- and I told Willy about my project, and my KEY and they said, "oh that's a nice bright key, good for a space song." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I thought I had chosen a GLUM KEY, that's what I wanted (Glum because it uses all the black keys? I dunno, who knows!) But anyway, I stuck with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">AND... for some reason, I then decided to strangle the hell out of any rhymes that came my way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For instance, this page has all the words that rhyme with CIRCUMLOCUTIONS!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXKh9EMtF7vXVrMNwQKuoqXfjVWKpWp_TWfjsI67OEhS3nDpq1WXWLR4do0OCE7NriK4WPCZObun-02zi1JwL5hSj29NmJO_Fwc44jsE6p71dycuR01coUxNGLnbbiVq9qrUqC_3ofsPpYp53FY23MpUVmeeNL21Ds8AMkk8KdaJalMJXdNmR/s4080/PXL_20240207_214943580.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXKh9EMtF7vXVrMNwQKuoqXfjVWKpWp_TWfjsI67OEhS3nDpq1WXWLR4do0OCE7NriK4WPCZObun-02zi1JwL5hSj29NmJO_Fwc44jsE6p71dycuR01coUxNGLnbbiVq9qrUqC_3ofsPpYp53FY23MpUVmeeNL21Ds8AMkk8KdaJalMJXdNmR/w482-h640/PXL_20240207_214943580.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So, I should say also that I chose something emotionally distant (astronaut song) on purpose, I knew spending two weeks working on the "craft" of something I cared deeply about wouldn't work. So this thing, this poor mutt under the bed, I could torture until there was nothing left of it.</div><div><br /></div><div>So Boney became a song sung to "Tony" which rhymed with lonely, only, and in one stretched metaphor I like, "Sony."</div><div><br /></div><div>Additionally, I LIKE circumlocutions! The countdown in that section was inspired by Major Tom, and "Resolutions" and "revolutions" both were meant to signify war, or UN resolutions etc. Oh you didn't ALSO KNOW THIS WAS A PROTEST SONG?! </div><div><br /></div><div>OK, anyway, here we go here is the GD song in all it's glory.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, yeah I THINK it is still in F#.</div><div><br /></div><div>And there's nothing left of any puppy whatsoever.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the link, I'll try to embed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmilXrw-phzxtlkb2Mtkosdr2X8xls-ZK4Uoq4oaSepW8W7FUf9GikeVVL8G-07sSoEbUQJd-k-kSY5sMGD-kGtK24UUCtby86McEQNHVZwSELJgTmxWpsrTYMSbI3kwihM5Lf3UMq7MTNRAcRe20g2E18eGrYRj9iZyKOhgolX5ppC07Tzx2/s1400/boneslikestarsart.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;">OK UPDATE on FEB 11 2024</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was so pent up after that 2 weeks I wrote two songs in two days!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here they are, with notes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BOXED AWAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkuZwgb_Ha4gEiaZjZt1NfdA4BXc-ZoTeZSqYr3EnkeaKcnjtiqoxM16xVIbmAaafia1Hk0lIwOzAx4nREoZXQExUuPyCrWsfylDpFVhZs4HFvjZITTcBCo1BJLcQw0m-r_m1KhxyuBf40jN1_xk_RvOrSywOVw-mXnI3iEGJsXAHKeskTKNH/s1400/boxed-away-art.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;">SET FREE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7Nm0UdanbSqH9XcOSWII4DSlykLIduxylrWuqmVc0CE5lRijwehZZ3YDI2doZdfezk8zgrosxlFN7S_iSir8ozZQcqNBYyd6sW_pibLiBZxPU0bBlOMHKJKc0ThpeJ0-DgW1Z37-M3DkjBtt55w3XA2mayzMkI2fe9e46d7OwMwCH-vTvyMi/s1400/setfreeart.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7Nm0UdanbSqH9XcOSWII4DSlykLIduxylrWuqmVc0CE5lRijwehZZ3YDI2doZdfezk8zgrosxlFN7S_iSir8ozZQcqNBYyd6sW_pibLiBZxPU0bBlOMHKJKc0ThpeJ0-DgW1Z37-M3DkjBtt55w3XA2mayzMkI2fe9e46d7OwMwCH-vTvyMi/s320/setfreeart.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/hutchowen/set-free">https://soundcloud.com/hutchowen/set-free</a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-33900596886167778692024-01-10T06:11:00.001-05:002024-01-10T06:11:15.700-05:00Some favorite B is Dying strips which may or may not go to help Lauren Groff's bookstore fundraiser!<p> Some favorite B is Dying strips which may or may not go to help Lauren Groff's bookstore fundraiser!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bWeNmIC3aRYsH5jefKio8dl3M9vDx4mPNBID2u3yxaA0Fpon1hbVQuZ5e3ffHC40_A1eBawMWi7Yum2ypdAkE3-m8k4qW-wmP34dbvpdalachEW4dTALJtpbrzU-K4L_KRDcms4B2qgRbg4ufkqt1yqIxvW-xfz4lNa5PMQEfY4B60KVV9Zj/s2462/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-10%20at%205.51.26%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then there are these weird excerpts from a piece for Greenpeace for Lauren.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">the following could be broken into single panels perhaps.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdvaF80LtZGCnP9hzWO4hZ0UFKk1kns_wbKH_HLI-Pcm_t2Z6oT7GVnQ7XegW_8oKT7ZWAtdwjsyMCcN_DUR0KsXZLaB9wkCT-474CPdAAZt3CPbmtuPWkUpG1bDpKPMJLNyVVONO2o7DRceQDZzNpgRGoTqwubm9rRUNhEdvZcLMsqDfqDqt/s2412/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-10%20at%205.55.39%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="2412" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdvaF80LtZGCnP9hzWO4hZ0UFKk1kns_wbKH_HLI-Pcm_t2Z6oT7GVnQ7XegW_8oKT7ZWAtdwjsyMCcN_DUR0KsXZLaB9wkCT-474CPdAAZt3CPbmtuPWkUpG1bDpKPMJLNyVVONO2o7DRceQDZzNpgRGoTqwubm9rRUNhEdvZcLMsqDfqDqt/w640-h314/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-10%20at%205.55.39%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px;">Hi everyone!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">This is a long post about a creative project I was lucky enough to have gifted to me.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><em>Disclaimer for my Deaf and other friends. This project is largely about music and sound, but I think the lessons are universal, and the details below are largely about decisions and trust. </em>❤️<em> Additionally, I would be happy to write in detail a description of any track if it helps understanding.</em></p><hr style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-style: solid none none; box-sizing: content-box; break-after: page; clear: both; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 50px auto; max-width: 100px; overflow: visible; user-select: none;" /><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">On March 17, 2023, I did something I've always wanted to do, but never ever ever have: <em>sit down to record a song. </em></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-draggable attachment" data-asset-id="56742064" src="https://media1-production-mightynetworks.imgix.net/asset/56742064/Screen_Shot_2023-04-02_at_7.43.43_AM.png?ixlib=rails-4.2.0&fm=jpg&q=75&auto=format&w=1400&h=1400&fit=max&impolicy=ResizeCrop&constraint=downsize&aspect=fit" style="animation: 0.4s ease-out 0s 1 normal none running FadeIn; border-style: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: none; height: auto !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 1px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">If you've ever loved an art form, you know what a plunge it is to engage in it. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">I've loved songs my entire 50+ years, but have never ever tried to make them, not even a little. They just seemed magic and best left to the experts, kind of like football or mountain climbing. I'm just glad people are out there doing it; I knew <em>I'll never be one of them</em>, and it's ok.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">(I did start trying to learn the piano, via app, basically from ZERO, around September of last year.)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">What happened seemed to be a confluence of factors that aren't that important, but I'll list them quickly: </p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 32px; margin-top: 32px; padding-left: 70px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">I heard <a href="https://mariamckee.bandcamp.com/album/la-vita-nuova" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: var(--mighty-text-link-decoration); user-select: auto;" target="_blank">an album last year</a> that continues to devastate me and I ordered it on vinyl and really heard it for the first time (it's a picture of me hearing it for the first time, on my "album cover".)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">My energy for my piano app lessons, about 28 weeks into them (roughly 15 minutes a day for 175 days or so, seemed to be fading. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">My wife went out of town for two weeks.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">I was fed up with not being someone who makes music.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">I attended an online event that was really moving and for the rest of the day I couldn't sit still</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">So with that, I decided, <span style="font-weight: 700;">Maybe I should just try that song thing that I've always been dreaming about.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">I thought: <em>What if I just made on today, in one day, what would happen?</em></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">I should also reiterate</span>, I have no innate talent, a really lousy singing voice, no training except the piano app for half a year, and bad or little equipment. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">But I'm very very curious and often playful and a little bit obsessive and went with it. </p><hr style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-style: solid none none; box-sizing: content-box; break-after: page; clear: both; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 50px auto; max-width: 100px; overflow: visible; user-select: none;" /><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Deadlines: met!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">After around three or four hours, late in the evening because I was also solo parenting and doing SAW work, I was as done as I could be, I had a piece of music, that I called MONICA.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">It featured the basic most amount of complexity I could manage to play, along with throwing in some other things. And because I was certain I had a terrible voice, I used an AI voice for the lyrics, which I wrote on the spot based on Margaret Atwood's <em>Surfacing</em>, which I was just finishing reading.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span class="fr-embed fr-dvb" contenteditable="false" draggable="false" style="display: block; margin: 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe class="soundcloud-embed" frameborder="no" height="100" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1476565792&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" style="background-color: var(--mighty-grey7); border-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 100px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 80px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 570.312px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">And I LIKED IT. And it came from NO INTENTION except "make a song."</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">And about mid-way through making it, it was so much fun, I thought, I'm going to make 10 of these, one a day, before my wife gets home(two weeks) ! </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">And so I did.</p><hr style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-style: solid none none; box-sizing: content-box; break-after: page; clear: both; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 50px auto; max-width: 100px; overflow: visible; user-select: none;" /><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Deadlines and constraints</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Without getting into too many details the rules I had to adhere to every day were: </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Do it in a day</span>, and <span style="font-weight: 700;">try something new every day. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">All or most material should be generated or found that day.</span> (ie, no planning beforehand.)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Don't criticize, just finish. </span>Finishing and trying something new is far more important than how "GOOD" it is.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Also: <span style="font-weight: 700;">ALL "MISTAKES" had to be leaned into</span> and used. (<em>Honor thy error as hidden intention </em>- Brian Eno.)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Another guiding principle: <span style="font-weight: 700;">You don't know anything and it's ok. Learn right now. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">And so this project was me learning the most basic tiny first steps about this art form.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">So, again each day I gave myself a different new rule too, usually something new to try and learn.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">On day two, for instance I tried my own voice, and it was ok. I wasn't there to hate it, I was there to use it. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Day 3 I tried to sort of write something lyrically a little more elaborate, and also maybe try some sort of melody? It was kind of a mess, I wound up putting everything on top of itself to meet the deadline, it was weird and fun too. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Other rules: Once I used a metronome! (Your average "do it right" kind of person would have told me to START there, but I wasn't there to do it "right.")</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Another rule was impromptu: one morning my daughter was sleeping near all the musical instruments so at 6 am I went to the dining table and wrote and recorded a song a cappella. (Track 7.)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Another impromptu one: One day when I got sidelined by parenting and social duties (ie, hanging out with friends), and I couldn't make music so I spent the afternoon playing with melody and writing lyrics. That was the first and only time I started with completed lyrics. Fun!</p><hr style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-style: solid none none; box-sizing: content-box; break-after: page; clear: both; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 50px auto; max-width: 100px; overflow: visible; user-select: none;" /><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Things get ugly</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">But after a while a couple familiar things started to happen. While working on track 10, I uttered the first sort of mini-expletive while trying to get something right. That hadn't happened before. <em>I WASN'T TRYING TO GET ANYTHING RIGHT BEFORE THAT.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-draggable attachment" data-asset-id="56743823" src="https://media1-production-mightynetworks.imgix.net/asset/56743823/Screen_Shot_2023-04-02_at_9.05.45_AM.png?ixlib=rails-4.2.0&fm=jpg&q=75&auto=format&w=1400&h=1400&fit=max&impolicy=ResizeCrop&constraint=downsize&aspect=fit" style="animation: 0.4s ease-out 0s 1 normal none running FadeIn; border-style: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: none; height: auto !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 1px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">And around track 13, I ran afoul of my own rules and intentions. The rule was, use the metronome one more time, and make it 39 beats per minute and record everything to the metronome. I started to get frustrated, doubting the value of the original rule. I made other choices I decided were "BAD" (percussion from cardboard and plates, for instance) and I got increasingly frustrated, for the first time, (but far more), since track 10. That's when I knew it was time to hang it up.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">I finished track 13, and I still like it (I like them all!), but I decided there would be only one more track and the rule would be the opposite of the others. The rule would be: <span style="font-weight: 700;">Wait for it.</span> </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">I pulled a from Kim Krans' Animal Spirit deck. I pulled THE SWAN.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">What is it with her cards? They are always perfect.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Here's what it says:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><img class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-draggable attachment" data-asset-id="56742761" src="https://media1-production-mightynetworks.imgix.net/asset/56742761/Screen_Shot_2023-04-02_at_7.41.26_AM.png?ixlib=rails-4.2.0&fm=jpg&q=75&auto=format&w=1400&h=1400&fit=max&impolicy=ResizeCrop&constraint=downsize&aspect=fit" style="animation: 0.4s ease-out 0s 1 normal none running FadeIn; border-style: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: none; height: auto !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 1px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: auto;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">The final track, then, would be called The Swan, and it would come to me, not me chasing and forcing it out.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">I put a call out to two friends and asked if they would help, and meanwhile, I would just gently noodle around when I had a chance and just let whatever wanted to slowly emerge, emerge.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Friend one came over yesterday and did <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9oulhe4ih0rcxv/20230-04-01theswan01.m4a?dl=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: var(--mighty-text-link-decoration); user-select: auto;" target="_blank">a fantastic contribution</a>. I couldn't be happier. I'm hoping friend two, 1000 miles away, has the time to send me something that I hope I asked for (a horn track) with the amount of humility her grace and talent deserves.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Anyway, someday on my blog I'll post more about all those decisions and rules, but the point is: giving myself the rule of FINISH, and the structure of TWO WEEKS, at the end, I had this marvelous, BIZARRE reflection of who I am: my interests, thoughts and feelings (and yes, technical abilities, but I already knew those...😊)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">My goals, if I ever make a second album, and god knows I hope to, are to<br />re-find these qualities of TRUST I had...</p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 32px; margin-top: 32px; padding-left: 70px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">in finishing in a day,</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">in being ok with my limitations,</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">in believing making something small is better than making nothing at all</li><li style="margin-bottom: 12px;">in knowing the creating mind and the judging mind are different and the creative mind has far more fun. Let it have fun.</li></ul><hr style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-style: solid none none; box-sizing: content-box; break-after: page; clear: both; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 50px auto; max-width: 100px; overflow: visible; user-select: none;" /><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">SUMMARY</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Two and a half weeks ago I wasn't a person who made music and now I am a person who has made <em>an album. </em><span style="font-weight: 700;">YOU CAN DO THIS!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Give yourself deadlines, and let yourself emerge from them. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Don't use other people's standards.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Don't use other people's language (unless you want!) You have a personal language that is yours to discover.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Surprise yourself! </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Don't do it right. Do it you.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Beginner mind is real. And it's hard to maintain. If you've got it, you are blessed! Enjoy it!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">I want to put a plug in for <span class="mighty-hashtag" style="color: var(--theme-color-text-link); fill: var(--theme-color-text-link); text-decoration: var(--mighty-text-link-decoration);">#sawgust</span> here. <a class="mighty-mention" data-user-id="2077014" href="https://members.sawcomics.org/members/2077014" style="background-color: transparent; fill: var(--theme-color-text-link); text-decoration: var(--mighty-text-link-decoration); user-select: auto;"><span contenteditable="false" style="user-select: auto;">Susan </span><span contenteditable="false" style="user-select: auto;">Marks</span></a> and <a class="mighty-mention" data-user-id="1971135" href="https://members.sawcomics.org/members/1971135" style="background-color: transparent; fill: var(--theme-color-text-link); text-decoration: var(--mighty-text-link-decoration); user-select: auto;"><span contenteditable="false" style="user-select: auto;">Adrean </span><span contenteditable="false" style="user-select: auto;">Clark</span></a> organized an amazing month of community to challenge yourselves in this exact way, and it's our intention to make it happen in 2023. Thank you Susan and Adrean for the inspiration!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">And thanks to everyone here at SAW for being on your creative journey here.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">I'd love to know what YOUR experiences with any of the above are!</p><hr style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-style: solid none none; box-sizing: content-box; break-after: page; clear: both; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 50px auto; max-width: 100px; overflow: visible; user-select: none;" /><hr style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: initial; border-right-width: initial; border-style: solid none none; box-sizing: content-box; break-after: page; clear: both; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 50px auto; max-width: 100px; overflow: visible; user-select: none;" /><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Here's my album for what it's worth. Track 14 is yet to be finished.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">My judging brain's favorites today: Tracks 1, 4, 9, 10 (yes, 10 after all), and 12.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">(It's worth noting that 12 is probably my favorite-favorite. That's the one I would send to the Ignatz Awards 😜! But I never gotten there if I hadn't done tracks 1-11 first. ) </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span class="fr-embed fr-dvb" contenteditable="false" draggable="false" style="display: block; margin: 50px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><iframe class="soundcloud-embed" frameborder="no" height="100" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1589833615&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" style="background-color: var(--mighty-grey7); border-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 100px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 80px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 570.312px;" width="100%"></iframe></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Thanks for being here!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Tom </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #141921; font-family: Mulish, "Helvetica Neue", Mulish-Fallback-To-Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"> </p>Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-53414419969876643412022-12-23T10:28:00.003-05:002022-12-23T10:28:11.829-05:00Everything I Thought When I Was 20 Was RIGHT , and BEST ART THEN BEST ART NOW<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tomhart.net/misc-books--projects.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="238" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYQ-Orf1bALhKXYRuZ9jmMdJy7F-n2tvbK7UT49KuSw2x1oagqD1wU4w-Oe5W4V6FJbWACXPR0OTkCVKrlLdCxpZCe14ma522-eWuxJBhPFfPIyk8uzlrOP1y6PAlvauFotliHLmPXDePrecBVNV3V_ChLbEqjlsTRNHiDAt4laY0pelfKQ/w144-h200/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-23%20at%2010.26.36%20AM.png" width="144" /></a></div>I recently was reflecting on these reflections (I've become <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krapp%27s_Last_Tape" target="_blank">KRAPP</a>!) and was charmed by it, so here they are...<p></p><p>from <b><i><a href="https://www.tomhart.net/misc-books--projects.html" target="_blank">She's Not Into Poetry</a></i></b></p><p><br /><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Everything I Thought When I Was 20 Was RIGHT , and BEST ART THEN BEST ART NOW</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="487" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNvpulnCEwI1ArmFubMIHWsKDI14Vskf8sDUV6_E7Fiq36MbMfIvlaVN5vetYLFJ3FkgWFI0cnv7QoYJ_Lt6DDAU1ljEg5tMtAsZ41USV5Ro8jFJJkkOM_Q-drIJY_q_rNMJX/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-05-26+at+9.37.35+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>B. is Dying - A bit of an artists statement</b></h3><p></p><p>As we are constantly reassessing our public myths- our founding myths, what we tell ourselves as a society</p><p>Our personal myths are bound to be twisted, demented, confusing, contradictory.</p><p>Personally I live on the bridge of a couple strong polar opposites. A pre-tech and tech time period. A colonial and post-colonial time period.</p><p>And I’ve believed myself a man with little power in a time when men are seen as having too much power. Ditto whiteness.</p><p>I’m a man of one daughter and two.</p><p>I’m a man suffering in a pandemic, and not suffering at all.</p><p>I’ve always felt in the margins but other data tells me otherwise.</p><p>Who am I? Where am I? Why do I feel what I feel?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAR2XOcBB6POqNwcTbEk1K6VE8iaA5xFjOZP7D1DpLOyJgMrVovBxiWWt0Ky1hiELZxx99W-hTGNx9py8xY_rHga9PClPYnl4PrGAYPQ_1ipJPHxvcvtyKtdIgcHP4DU9kO41/s1836/b-2021-009-dontbelong.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="1214" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAR2XOcBB6POqNwcTbEk1K6VE8iaA5xFjOZP7D1DpLOyJgMrVovBxiWWt0Ky1hiELZxx99W-hTGNx9py8xY_rHga9PClPYnl4PrGAYPQ_1ipJPHxvcvtyKtdIgcHP4DU9kO41/w423-h640/b-2021-009-dontbelong.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I don’t have easy answers, that’s why I draw.</p><p>What do the myths tell of us of a time and a people? That they didn’t know who to follow.That they didn’t where they were, that they didn’t know what was on the other side of that wall.</p><p>And if others are to to understand this time, the most important action seems to be to tell the truth. So: in here, somewhere, B.is me, B.is a some of us. B is a protagonist in a confused, narcissistic myth. B. is probably not alone.</p><p>This confusion, lack of clarity should be- I hope- a welcome aperture into the time, as the larger myths and narratives are re- shuffled, examined, and rewritten.</p><p>This story is among the debris stirred and scattered as other narratives are shuffled around.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeIhwCUNi5vp1k64czSW2rZlu_pn3NFEWqJrnTc7LrDbhqvF5F_W6zXdu_KQODeuOQnY7KbXcV5ligHFiMFlUn1rLZOAYhwSHIfvLfWSxslvpe2t404uYf-Juo9_pOhr_VbC6/s752/Screen+Shot+2021-05-26+at+9.37.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeIhwCUNi5vp1k64czSW2rZlu_pn3NFEWqJrnTc7LrDbhqvF5F_W6zXdu_KQODeuOQnY7KbXcV5ligHFiMFlUn1rLZOAYhwSHIfvLfWSxslvpe2t404uYf-Juo9_pOhr_VbC6/s16000/Screen+Shot+2021-05-26+at+9.37.27+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p>Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-69661487195879563842021-01-01T17:53:00.004-05:002021-01-01T17:53:47.793-05:00Deadline extreme! 42 pages in one hour , the last hour of 2020. Give ourselves gifts in 2021.<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The 1-Hour Coloring Book</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_C71x7ltXmR_t7s97g3Q4diNAIxV_5IpDZFMeAy0ZgfQGWxWUaXPZGhkyGq5RMUJigxpViIf2CQcpeHeP1zl_6sR5YGj8rcPDGaa5Rfhyphenhyphen90fGhwC6uQlix6tEqbu48R9pLoTI/s5312/20210101_133148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_C71x7ltXmR_t7s97g3Q4diNAIxV_5IpDZFMeAy0ZgfQGWxWUaXPZGhkyGq5RMUJigxpViIf2CQcpeHeP1zl_6sR5YGj8rcPDGaa5Rfhyphenhyphen90fGhwC6uQlix6tEqbu48R9pLoTI/w360-h640/20210101_133148.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p>Like all of us, I need to get through the resistance some times. I over-think everything. I don't know my own voice. I'm adhering to someone else's standards. And I'm afraid of what everyone will think if I fail, and I know I will fail.</p><p>One way out of this is to produce work, lots of work, and to damn the torpedoes as far as the critical voice goes. (We can use our critical voice later, when we need a dialogue about who we are, what our style is, what we want to say...)</p><p>How to do this? </p><p>One way is deadlines. Work fast. One way is to work extremely fast. </p><p>Also, we have to remove the worry that what we do matters. Can we work with effort, and be care free and confident? I think so.</p><p>One game I create as an exercise, was to color a whole coloring book in 1 hour. Coloring books don't matter! You can't fail at coloring! (I know, you're all saying "I can!" but really, just roll with this one, ok?)</p><p>So, I did this exercise on New Years Eve, the last hour of 2020 (good riddance!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Tag2cg7wP8" width="320" youtube-src-id="4Tag2cg7wP8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />1 hour in 28 seconds.</div><br /><p><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><h2 style="text-align: left;">That damned critical mind.</h2><p>Give the critical mind something to chew on. Give it a fucking PROJECT! Give it 42 pages of art to look at, and to try to piece some patterns out of. </p><p>Part of the exercise was to reflect LATER, on what it was I did. </p><p>Try to figure out what is going on. True, the critical mind will hate some of it, fine. You don't have to go along with it, or you can, but let's be a little more objective and see what was going on. What did YOU do? What did you feel? What did you RESORT to? What came out? How can you refine it?</p><p>Another part of the exercise was to TRY. Try to make something nice. Be fast, but don't settle. There were times I took an extra few seconds to add sparkles or one last color, stuff like that. </p><p>Here's my 42 pages of coloring, and what I remember, what I felt, what I was going for, and what I wanted to do, had to do, or did!</p><p>I started at about 11:01 or 11:02 pm. My goal was to finish exactly at midnight (and I did!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKSBph1dF6VkLN3Sb79ZksaCjUlO7joYjkGVFMbpnxChZxQ6IZXMFc-BcUtgwZAeug-_LR7KWUtp26GSBLWX4yWSsvHPLQJtipUuvsjmQlndUhZwbpgUaSIniqKmTvWUYmi5V/s5312/20210101_133202_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKSBph1dF6VkLN3Sb79ZksaCjUlO7joYjkGVFMbpnxChZxQ6IZXMFc-BcUtgwZAeug-_LR7KWUtp26GSBLWX4yWSsvHPLQJtipUuvsjmQlndUhZwbpgUaSIniqKmTvWUYmi5V/w360-h640/20210101_133202_001.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was my first page. I think it took 3-4 minutes. There are 5 or 6 colors, marker, crayon AND watercolor. I was having fun, but I was clearly already behind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxweScadPL-mEsAdY6aqzOJWHqCi27i0A7Lm0E8ETHA7DhlDmjaJszTlcomuk20bjyfqzAACStg58rxrBMY2T3elHt3qm0h8e1WghNA2S6ED3gGKF9wi3oMwgSUryFttoYnUt-/s5312/20210101_133219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxweScadPL-mEsAdY6aqzOJWHqCi27i0A7Lm0E8ETHA7DhlDmjaJszTlcomuk20bjyfqzAACStg58rxrBMY2T3elHt3qm0h8e1WghNA2S6ED3gGKF9wi3oMwgSUryFttoYnUt-/w360-h640/20210101_133219.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Page 2. Still working slow (2-4 minutes), but faster. Added the watercolor stripes at the end I think.Letting the lettering be loose. I liked the accidental highlight I made in her hair last page and tried to keep it going this page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCZL4qYA9fIOnZsIF3TI1BdOmYkTNAgKB5nwGgOwGWEGlB8PBC2ovyLmcNDml90EbJAkiEqNp5ccagxpCpaARsYjmsKxfCIA7ret9abvQL0peXRKbX9lfjeTg93zldMOn_IaR/s5312/20210101_133226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCZL4qYA9fIOnZsIF3TI1BdOmYkTNAgKB5nwGgOwGWEGlB8PBC2ovyLmcNDml90EbJAkiEqNp5ccagxpCpaARsYjmsKxfCIA7ret9abvQL0peXRKbX9lfjeTg93zldMOn_IaR/w360-h640/20210101_133226.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. A little faster, less content, of course. The dark green and light green was not a conscious "difference", I was still just in the more is more attitude. Added the sparkles because I couldn't make the faces different. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M9Xc75JHB6r1E97pBLQXl1eFmalfA619aKXJZiypkBbXCTQBTKAwm4bZodS8IqzfVTbLtm94ptVXG0xNTa4MUjAr0upMvAP2Pls1lE86TvGVSbMQEyTvk46vuQV9124JPXWQ/s5312/20210101_133235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M9Xc75JHB6r1E97pBLQXl1eFmalfA619aKXJZiypkBbXCTQBTKAwm4bZodS8IqzfVTbLtm94ptVXG0xNTa4MUjAr0upMvAP2Pls1lE86TvGVSbMQEyTvk46vuQV9124JPXWQ/w360-h640/20210101_133235.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. I'd established the cat was green (I hate that cat!) and wasn't going to change now. Only 4 colors here, and the blue was scribbled as fast as I could.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNr06ff1FVcgbPzGSN-RxuhKGeEZbvI71ecH4vBAtwtphAhOSvvTUORPE18PXqVtgdwkCyA7KgTQt8bi9rFcagZFwgFV2Dvy9_6TS0t9Vcgt80oS-3qI5Hcd2QUovOs0OrKd2/s5312/20210101_133240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNr06ff1FVcgbPzGSN-RxuhKGeEZbvI71ecH4vBAtwtphAhOSvvTUORPE18PXqVtgdwkCyA7KgTQt8bi9rFcagZFwgFV2Dvy9_6TS0t9Vcgt80oS-3qI5Hcd2QUovOs0OrKd2/w360-h640/20210101_133240.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. What I remember about this was adding those watercolor building smears at the end. Again, I had to TRY. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6J74eO404-WfC2PpG9l0sRcvpuMFwMKVVMofL2nwCO4FeZDD7DlCfUkwQPaMhMbtwszra2Cu0y6-fZMMoK490YdNkO5eVDxNXwXut5oTb5gCqJsOUU-876Cmu2txEzuD_dGY2/s5312/20210101_133250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6J74eO404-WfC2PpG9l0sRcvpuMFwMKVVMofL2nwCO4FeZDD7DlCfUkwQPaMhMbtwszra2Cu0y6-fZMMoK490YdNkO5eVDxNXwXut5oTb5gCqJsOUU-876Cmu2txEzuD_dGY2/w360-h640/20210101_133250.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6. Simple. Again, I had to try, so multi-colored letters. Also, the characters with blue augments was nice. One thing I learned at this point, that I already knew, but was really hammered home. I always let my materials go bad. These markers were really lousy I was not getting good coverage at all. (And they're my daughters! I need to replace them for her.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwgSnSUyo1qrbaNtOPssqL2dj4BZhmPOe1N0AFfhKYaSu0v7MPh3OLR5kToWJ0DKaZpDzj-q0HR6scPxhnJ7r0USrss-if0heXFEtsLwE2OBirkA_jMB6BPmN7S3MIgf9EBsR/s5312/20210101_133254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwgSnSUyo1qrbaNtOPssqL2dj4BZhmPOe1N0AFfhKYaSu0v7MPh3OLR5kToWJ0DKaZpDzj-q0HR6scPxhnJ7r0USrss-if0heXFEtsLwE2OBirkA_jMB6BPmN7S3MIgf9EBsR/w360-h640/20210101_133254.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7. Thrown for a loop here, because it was an activity book and not a coloring book. So how to make this interesting? I drew vertical lines threw some letters, tried to vary to make a nice pattern. I filled in the sides of the clouds first with yellow, then green marks, the fast orange and blue marks. Arrow at top tells the story. Onward!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotKQSdJQ3bRb5zNDMp6pVxSy31CM5Ujj4rUa4N1ez7hfoSfgRYS7wZKPxQ7gpYs9IQQbOKwJxEW-Q4JxkfpRkL-qlalrzFF4gIA-zD_25KE-rzHWbd9zFs70byAoTdOJsY_YX/s5312/20210101_133304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotKQSdJQ3bRb5zNDMp6pVxSy31CM5Ujj4rUa4N1ez7hfoSfgRYS7wZKPxQ7gpYs9IQQbOKwJxEW-Q4JxkfpRkL-qlalrzFF4gIA-zD_25KE-rzHWbd9zFs70byAoTdOJsY_YX/w360-h640/20210101_133304.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. Like the green cat, I chose green for his skin, but lighter. And I already found a way of coloring his hair by accident that I liked. The back 3 or 4 segments, and frontmost segment 1 color. The remaining a second. Got to make the floating faces different colors. Added streaming stars and moved on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6mSXihUt6auDrXdNyv1subjwdYVUNalm7PD9mu4YlDAlBKS6g0WZ3aJTm2pT1Zb35xkJdeZF-LLFS1azTMhyphenhyphenxJnAnR38CNqjRHNbWiV4QrKtmEKwGg9gsIJag8KqppkHNGB6/s5312/20210101_133308_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6mSXihUt6auDrXdNyv1subjwdYVUNalm7PD9mu4YlDAlBKS6g0WZ3aJTm2pT1Zb35xkJdeZF-LLFS1azTMhyphenhyphenxJnAnR38CNqjRHNbWiV4QrKtmEKwGg9gsIJag8KqppkHNGB6/w360-h640/20210101_133308_001.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9. Ooh a connect-the dots. I didn't have my glasses but I think I got the numbers right! Quick outline then color the hair something lighter to show it off. I think I accidentally left a part of her dress and so picked a dark blue, again maybe by accident, but it worked well. Whatever that creature is is all orange. Splash and spirals in the back to say I have not forgotten ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPMW7S-dK2xHiL_Bo2eAMe24LWKEA-R4wtz0Fz_tX6-6dc-4FeLlbKxurQ4wT5RGLRm744pnAmmS7oXJw6V_yQg-GQ-iUhDSPBCiwjnZMuQqFJ5xa9SlDSIIURcQdSEGVuNmw/s5312/20210101_133317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPMW7S-dK2xHiL_Bo2eAMe24LWKEA-R4wtz0Fz_tX6-6dc-4FeLlbKxurQ4wT5RGLRm744pnAmmS7oXJw6V_yQg-GQ-iUhDSPBCiwjnZMuQqFJ5xa9SlDSIIURcQdSEGVuNmw/w360-h640/20210101_133317.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10. Word scramble or whatever! Now I was getting scrambled. I guess I picked yellow by suggestions. The orange shmear showing through from the other side, and not happy with the coloring anyway, I added the yellow to augment it on the left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix485NR8Qo3rmV4LIiN_3IU17V7dI9lNi3MUMACnvnqq23hbd-UtVc6_SVN1mnYK9aE6a9boDZhOCWW9aDWKqy5NJarC4YoiqyVLUHUSafIuk31SviQLTWnbqJxqNQMj73sTGv/s5312/20210101_133322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix485NR8Qo3rmV4LIiN_3IU17V7dI9lNi3MUMACnvnqq23hbd-UtVc6_SVN1mnYK9aE6a9boDZhOCWW9aDWKqy5NJarC4YoiqyVLUHUSafIuk31SviQLTWnbqJxqNQMj73sTGv/w360-h640/20210101_133322.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">11. Ok working fast. Scribbled hair, slower skin, scribbled clouds and diamonds. Letters not very f. pretty. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYr2c3RFKtsPocpgQ93famsRKbBk8KNeiJu2UKz4ap9BIr5hNC3fOQSnPv1w5GWCnpDqx_HX1Dn9D2Zlhu3sMzY9s3NCJ4hQCDOT1pKiUT0atCLjqTRfZw65owuzHTTPypXe4/s5312/20210101_133336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYr2c3RFKtsPocpgQ93famsRKbBk8KNeiJu2UKz4ap9BIr5hNC3fOQSnPv1w5GWCnpDqx_HX1Dn9D2Zlhu3sMzY9s3NCJ4hQCDOT1pKiUT0atCLjqTRfZw65owuzHTTPypXe4/w360-h640/20210101_133336.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">12. One of the best ones, I think. The hair looks great. The small assortment of pink bubbles. When did I have time for two colors on one rainbow stripe? Whew!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IPPqEgD9cj0E2UrX-ZO-_4uIkK5D3z-2WYvKd5F33Dbv8sWGukllXQpjsw7IltMxItLsg3pp7_9jHHZUI_nDe7AQFFHnVsILixqqoZ5vg-vBw2r5EEXhQPWbc1yevvaCreh-/s5312/20210101_133341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IPPqEgD9cj0E2UrX-ZO-_4uIkK5D3z-2WYvKd5F33Dbv8sWGukllXQpjsw7IltMxItLsg3pp7_9jHHZUI_nDe7AQFFHnVsILixqqoZ5vg-vBw2r5EEXhQPWbc1yevvaCreh-/w360-h640/20210101_133341.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">13. Design a wish. No time to think! Pizza? Ok whatever! I wish I could have done a few more of these, actually. Maybe I'll design a book to be raced through with 3 or 4 of these. That's a THREE-COLOR pizza. Like I said, you have to try.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWm5VRB738UJj4cgFyIm0OX7IDSpA05m36c3-Kt-PChKyV3yQm4nIpA8aiiOcE52FO-QHZWkoCpMFHcjX1jX8xL8REOfc3b_zH_6kATlwtt9ykGgHuGNzf5_mZdpZcOs6y8_uF/s5312/20210101_133347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWm5VRB738UJj4cgFyIm0OX7IDSpA05m36c3-Kt-PChKyV3yQm4nIpA8aiiOcE52FO-QHZWkoCpMFHcjX1jX8xL8REOfc3b_zH_6kATlwtt9ykGgHuGNzf5_mZdpZcOs6y8_uF/w360-h640/20210101_133347.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">14. Utterly hideous. Only good moment here was adding metallic marker at the end, but it was too late.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJ79dlMVels6FpX6CQjpuNloaQoVA19Fr6hiMYgqZMVGrpxE-UbPl8THVr_G-x0LtuYZlqfV0PrmBh1DogvtFiIQswWhBwA1jRKeBH-x0MRu5YOQnJ1fyCTVH2gQxRwbcPZMt/s5312/20210101_133353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJ79dlMVels6FpX6CQjpuNloaQoVA19Fr6hiMYgqZMVGrpxE-UbPl8THVr_G-x0LtuYZlqfV0PrmBh1DogvtFiIQswWhBwA1jRKeBH-x0MRu5YOQnJ1fyCTVH2gQxRwbcPZMt/w360-h640/20210101_133353.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">15. Disappointed by the last page, I thought this was my chance to prove myself to be a genius. The cross of orange under the girl seemed utterly inspired, and the wiping across her eyes on the bottom, subversive and evocative. Diagonal tic-tac-toes and everyone gets emanata. In the end, not the genius page I thought it was. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0-YjaNONj6QyMamI_PdFNlh2U0LZkH2JZA8yspk5d4P8NtYSFMhyphenhyphenfwDaTwV27Fpqg8bmrQOzYWwgz-AJuNbuX-fIHwP36XoaLiqlRDImameLUfAZyfdQJW8coI-aObcUenrh/s5312/20210101_133401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0-YjaNONj6QyMamI_PdFNlh2U0LZkH2JZA8yspk5d4P8NtYSFMhyphenhyphenfwDaTwV27Fpqg8bmrQOzYWwgz-AJuNbuX-fIHwP36XoaLiqlRDImameLUfAZyfdQJW8coI-aObcUenrh/w360-h640/20210101_133401.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">16. Not really working. But watercolor, and I did number the clouds. Brilliant I tell ya!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU90qcbgcQ-0C-xhPy59MIVaBKMZe8vxZmO_6hc8rnrPP-KnO_gNObdmu4-PF5uYLCw_VsmkRuqK-ptJmvza4DKQK36KAGTfx0_BU5cSeB7CQ_wsMvkUtTAM3SuD7J0d-C5jQf/s5312/20210101_133406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU90qcbgcQ-0C-xhPy59MIVaBKMZe8vxZmO_6hc8rnrPP-KnO_gNObdmu4-PF5uYLCw_VsmkRuqK-ptJmvza4DKQK36KAGTfx0_BU5cSeB7CQ_wsMvkUtTAM3SuD7J0d-C5jQf/w360-h640/20210101_133406.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">17. Started with the yellow and made "yellow" blue to be ratty. Still in genius mode. The two "E's" were the last thing I did, thought those would be the great final strokes of a masterpiece. In reality, I think I've been in a slump since the pizza.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKo6dGDWeM4bf5R4gNmYz6LG-6315vM9e8PQBLg1hgQ9OfSOx0ViEM3OgHILjYYMXfrCy7tG-1lzZuRTJTzj_IGBkRaDQkSrUAQP3tYQuk76fzvXIDUEwFYj0vlqd4OZUhsxyt/s5312/20210101_133411_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKo6dGDWeM4bf5R4gNmYz6LG-6315vM9e8PQBLg1hgQ9OfSOx0ViEM3OgHILjYYMXfrCy7tG-1lzZuRTJTzj_IGBkRaDQkSrUAQP3tYQuk76fzvXIDUEwFYj0vlqd4OZUhsxyt/w360-h640/20210101_133411_001.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">18. Changed it up. Crayons. Big big marks. The dark v on his skin reminded me of Rosalie's head and took me aback for a moment. I think that's why the final surrounding scribbles are remarkably inelegant. I clearly have to use those marks of hers again. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEYQLUcI9G9dWf8KKPzjcYS0jbyRuVVoBdECHeM90TNoqwZXgo4CT9HvIIc1AghXwLGhgrxJoh_F2vUqUVanOw8mUh3CuVDL2_9CjqTx2MAuGuML7ojJDz7Rc8SgOes3MT_U_/s5312/20210101_133417_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEYQLUcI9G9dWf8KKPzjcYS0jbyRuVVoBdECHeM90TNoqwZXgo4CT9HvIIc1AghXwLGhgrxJoh_F2vUqUVanOw8mUh3CuVDL2_9CjqTx2MAuGuML7ojJDz7Rc8SgOes3MT_U_/w360-h640/20210101_133417_001.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">19. Now I was thinking the marks had to be more about energy. Not bad here. I like the lettering. Amazing how exercises like this can bring me back to junior high and high school art class. If I did that mark in junior high (and I did) I would have really thought I was brilliant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMUuAgtWSthA98gcF8PTRaCUsjMzEPYC7wPU_TCLBd6wu1YhlHxHiJtckJBCNLzNtZaU9POPW-vizFQqGamlDNq8mbmu0p-kngLJTRrJ10-s2DZ-QqexphwgcyVKpvoOOTmfD/s5312/20210101_133423_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMUuAgtWSthA98gcF8PTRaCUsjMzEPYC7wPU_TCLBd6wu1YhlHxHiJtckJBCNLzNtZaU9POPW-vizFQqGamlDNq8mbmu0p-kngLJTRrJ10-s2DZ-QqexphwgcyVKpvoOOTmfD/w360-h640/20210101_133423_002.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">20. Break for a word search but still have to make it good. Some lines, a shmear over True, some yellow grounding, fft.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR56LQPOwuy-unj5P0PCABMO9ivO55mcpV3FopVgfXzaQfE7-h-RowoHz7rxyhsfFPYz2eyaSWcazHeI_WYUkVBT_OjpDblnGugMquCnrVU0rUdtN42MFRXSCUaxrcQEH5RfUU/s5312/20210101_133429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR56LQPOwuy-unj5P0PCABMO9ivO55mcpV3FopVgfXzaQfE7-h-RowoHz7rxyhsfFPYz2eyaSWcazHeI_WYUkVBT_OjpDblnGugMquCnrVU0rUdtN42MFRXSCUaxrcQEH5RfUU/w360-h640/20210101_133429.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">21. No idea what to do, I made a giant 'A' with a bad marker. It reminded me of a friend's A-Frame house, so I drew people, a really bad ground line, sea line and awful trees. An utter failure, but made me realize I would like to do something about an A frame someday. Not a total loss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWESZGn4K4iWzrg3KAhLLHrFtxDpCB6ZQ1cMzBpYT6jn0NrrgtcxqHx3YOcHhzzcZxZQ9lYFsD6Pv2b9xD3vZjWZlozuttfrK6_ivUALGo5NAgJJUc9UVZZZJdo1aI2BL_xioC/s5312/20210101_133433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWESZGn4K4iWzrg3KAhLLHrFtxDpCB6ZQ1cMzBpYT6jn0NrrgtcxqHx3YOcHhzzcZxZQ9lYFsD6Pv2b9xD3vZjWZlozuttfrK6_ivUALGo5NAgJJUc9UVZZZJdo1aI2BL_xioC/w360-h640/20210101_133433.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">22. Is this one any good? I can't tell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTLmRImU1K6QkauHeEWufM8DSdwlb7pcDkvIvQcaF65yR7nN-72Gbiecz0hPE86pT7Ka3uUbYYCPW5KSstqQJvy-PiR32UHiyyPobHKqg440nGpTFXPu4jXIFV6RJ1GpSUNto/s5312/20210101_133438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTLmRImU1K6QkauHeEWufM8DSdwlb7pcDkvIvQcaF65yR7nN-72Gbiecz0hPE86pT7Ka3uUbYYCPW5KSstqQJvy-PiR32UHiyyPobHKqg440nGpTFXPu4jXIFV6RJ1GpSUNto/w360-h640/20210101_133438.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">23. These three colors looked good together, and the all one direction was a quick, efficient decision. I like this one a lot. Not enough power in the background yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxEuyEfx2jUlTLtg9RUDqN4_tK6HW48pfzvtHU0vKby4ZrcDRpIUiCGqCN7bYM2wTI15PecGvABpwZTZ1C4sF-Id8zGWJfKeOeEw1bNain4utBURYB-_e-6VLtjlLHAzJaBmC/s5312/20210101_133444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxEuyEfx2jUlTLtg9RUDqN4_tK6HW48pfzvtHU0vKby4ZrcDRpIUiCGqCN7bYM2wTI15PecGvABpwZTZ1C4sF-Id8zGWJfKeOeEw1bNain4utBURYB-_e-6VLtjlLHAzJaBmC/w360-h640/20210101_133444.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">24. I liked those three colors, so stayed with them. Not great, but good moments. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7i69gPtIMleKzaQkrz7fkUJgRj8KoycSOKNYGxruAYSvi_vgCVGMGxf01Ii6Ex-A5YToo1czD8SZikK4K1P-xGv1w4Jm7U3XEoh24WADEBwensOeMYJBTdIooS94ESxUdcaVg/s5312/20210101_133450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7i69gPtIMleKzaQkrz7fkUJgRj8KoycSOKNYGxruAYSvi_vgCVGMGxf01Ii6Ex-A5YToo1czD8SZikK4K1P-xGv1w4Jm7U3XEoh24WADEBwensOeMYJBTdIooS94ESxUdcaVg/w360-h640/20210101_133450.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">25. Staying with those colors. Working fast. Not bad. Those emanations at the end are ok.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleAGof8e73PgXA2GAS2S6BsGd05XMiBjVGpu0VKI1oSpE3ShiUxa7ovJ1Jd7lXPptnyeuFLv-agAGWCQXPNyAG4RhTgsQL5ALlt3tKc3WxlU7VXaeZuCECp3_tmUBS-iMTXkt/s5312/20210101_133455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleAGof8e73PgXA2GAS2S6BsGd05XMiBjVGpu0VKI1oSpE3ShiUxa7ovJ1Jd7lXPptnyeuFLv-agAGWCQXPNyAG4RhTgsQL5ALlt3tKc3WxlU7VXaeZuCECp3_tmUBS-iMTXkt/w360-h640/20210101_133455.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">26. Haha those were supposed to be teeth because I was so frenzied and aggravated. Anyway. same three colors. At least I got to see them in three boxes, side by side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjk86vdk8Jgj94a2OrngTth4nvbZF5FaXdEfHsGNyQNNjwDrVqmRinTJiG0nYGQ8LEuOvajIX0pNzCiU4eRZQ3dQdMwMZELgzAs48FrQiZXPk71K75P7KlFO3hfc5IZjy39Tq/s5312/20210101_133501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjk86vdk8Jgj94a2OrngTth4nvbZF5FaXdEfHsGNyQNNjwDrVqmRinTJiG0nYGQ8LEuOvajIX0pNzCiU4eRZQ3dQdMwMZELgzAs48FrQiZXPk71K75P7KlFO3hfc5IZjy39Tq/w360-h640/20210101_133501.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">27. By now, I know I'm sticking with those three crayons. True looks good here, in three vertical swipes. The background isn't bad. Could have done more with those goofballs in the back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGtjLrHTAE4PhpdnUsMvZJEIhqu8l-qbLLJKTVeZc3Hvd9onHnzTLPNglyPnO9UPafzScDvEPHQjtFIn8ebnQ1eoPEAoNRi1cmsGPZI0IXJwzXPxF9-UQ2Woh8NoaVUcq6o_x/s5312/20210101_133506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGtjLrHTAE4PhpdnUsMvZJEIhqu8l-qbLLJKTVeZc3Hvd9onHnzTLPNglyPnO9UPafzScDvEPHQjtFIn8ebnQ1eoPEAoNRi1cmsGPZI0IXJwzXPxF9-UQ2Woh8NoaVUcq6o_x/w360-h640/20210101_133506.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">28. Haven't I colored this like 3 times already? Anyway, ok three colors, go, add pink and brown at the end just to not feel the despairing sameness...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mSkzAZNUcxqiZJOxVW59Q4D6hlvhefVT7b8PKkadu3DtxbGMZoHmNm7SgB5oAQQQj9sKAEgAaLzUYV6b3ej4FLNiwuTRAU4Noz88eUrJed4dCEyWoyXDkNUDqfEBSnTOJnes/s5312/20210101_133510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mSkzAZNUcxqiZJOxVW59Q4D6hlvhefVT7b8PKkadu3DtxbGMZoHmNm7SgB5oAQQQj9sKAEgAaLzUYV6b3ej4FLNiwuTRAU4Noz88eUrJed4dCEyWoyXDkNUDqfEBSnTOJnes/w360-h640/20210101_133510.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">29. I'm so in the weeds. Big vertical swaths. I try an alternating pattern of three but mess it up. It's ok!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM-L66DLEZWrRnstKQmUXChdeEo6f1THBNZgW57fg9MPADffoUeJenmJcjkiZ1Z5nEjhzF0O82z0VF1oICCI4pwdLxQn5ph2WwfytLls1cOcb9VWqsDSllXClMzr8Z5VpUsMe/s5312/20210101_133516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM-L66DLEZWrRnstKQmUXChdeEo6f1THBNZgW57fg9MPADffoUeJenmJcjkiZ1Z5nEjhzF0O82z0VF1oICCI4pwdLxQn5ph2WwfytLls1cOcb9VWqsDSllXClMzr8Z5VpUsMe/w360-h640/20210101_133516.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">30. This again? What did I do last time? Some sort of connecting. I try again, thinking about how to make those joining swirls nice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLK2VUENhktmM1WnZzqwiTG_T0zD5Dcr_D39fCUMyRjDERH2gMrps_7mkKg9qfzsjKQXN1KaGsZHUFl4-eEnU46nygYEEPm3F0UFhB5xnN4ufmQltZa58CeXtkagHihbivPm7/s5312/20210101_133520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLK2VUENhktmM1WnZzqwiTG_T0zD5Dcr_D39fCUMyRjDERH2gMrps_7mkKg9qfzsjKQXN1KaGsZHUFl4-eEnU46nygYEEPm3F0UFhB5xnN4ufmQltZa58CeXtkagHihbivPm7/w360-h640/20210101_133520.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">31. Ooh lots of little things. I got three rad crayons, I can do this. Well, turns out, I can't. Only one or two turn out ok. (Bottom left, upper left, maybe upper right.) I add the movement lines to add some energy it's lacking. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErUGOa3yWRtk2YPhxUh7jYQZDaW-t11qCAH4r4CeQA9WbxT45Z7z5K0CBHn6qwjq7q_DWz3AbJgguzGuZT6kJ8-b70OCYax3DKxJbQobJcsxYeCcxfmKHeXbm4-nDf7BbLEex/s5312/20210101_133524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErUGOa3yWRtk2YPhxUh7jYQZDaW-t11qCAH4r4CeQA9WbxT45Z7z5K0CBHn6qwjq7q_DWz3AbJgguzGuZT6kJ8-b70OCYax3DKxJbQobJcsxYeCcxfmKHeXbm4-nDf7BbLEex/w360-h640/20210101_133524.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">32. A line through the words. Fast colors on True. A swivel for the mountain and some yellow mass for the tree. Not too bad. I think I added a metallic jumping swirl because I was feeling fancy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qc1QclW0J7n5kVXZKTn1LdXX0YAOs8SDQt3Q84OKHqZzp_QFC8xx1beZOVbuTrtsdbdqr4oQVkt7QwXpIR7rfa0YeBHYu1wUmxStXBNYKkCcYnNGRs_EiTPqYS5OQuCUcUFN/s5312/20210101_133530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qc1QclW0J7n5kVXZKTn1LdXX0YAOs8SDQt3Q84OKHqZzp_QFC8xx1beZOVbuTrtsdbdqr4oQVkt7QwXpIR7rfa0YeBHYu1wUmxStXBNYKkCcYnNGRs_EiTPqYS5OQuCUcUFN/w360-h640/20210101_133530.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">33. This again? The pattern, what was the pattern?! Alternating three colors, did I get it? Fill in between with the missing color and GO!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hjeZZM1H8TmPPqpV56vz1X0IH80rLc45_8x2osZPBwAkOMxo-L1WcaQxepM7Rm5kzFFAFWwA1UoNzJ4jDA6h358Dm5JKZi1w9qt20cfxaaL6IsZiaaIp7zsq_jyogJ9C_MTm/s5312/20210101_133535_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hjeZZM1H8TmPPqpV56vz1X0IH80rLc45_8x2osZPBwAkOMxo-L1WcaQxepM7Rm5kzFFAFWwA1UoNzJ4jDA6h358Dm5JKZi1w9qt20cfxaaL6IsZiaaIp7zsq_jyogJ9C_MTm/w360-h640/20210101_133535_001.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">34. HA! How'd I do? Seriously? I love this. That swirl around "Drawing" is lovely. And she looks like Joan of Arc, on fire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMQ_pjINiH7Pxn7Mef92-N5DYkU_rHqdGE5hTpVYAwR8T4008jp2jFS4_JRw7g5G9hH82v4LmNvoAADhrAbULFkU99kgQ-ipMjpG6r3Nef3z1j6vmdFnxS8-mndJW7nSW7gpm/s5312/20210101_133540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMQ_pjINiH7Pxn7Mef92-N5DYkU_rHqdGE5hTpVYAwR8T4008jp2jFS4_JRw7g5G9hH82v4LmNvoAADhrAbULFkU99kgQ-ipMjpG6r3Nef3z1j6vmdFnxS8-mndJW7nSW7gpm/w360-h640/20210101_133540.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">35. Her again, this book is going to kill me. I am not going to treat the foreground like it's special, because clearly it's not. I go in for the background. I can't remember what the green is about. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2fD-xRkSQL9gttE7snspyLekWWSsFD7P46AV_Rk3r8I1VrBEwxuUYgvi6ccaIYUpvflZFUsMSSEuySKwTGiV8FlNuCYc9RUauar4W8GGoG-OJAtvU8jqsQ_f5yTmz338VNvI/s5312/20210101_133544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2fD-xRkSQL9gttE7snspyLekWWSsFD7P46AV_Rk3r8I1VrBEwxuUYgvi6ccaIYUpvflZFUsMSSEuySKwTGiV8FlNuCYc9RUauar4W8GGoG-OJAtvU8jqsQ_f5yTmz338VNvI/w360-h640/20210101_133544.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">36. Do not stop the genius from killing it. This page will be obliterated!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NtRDy38JWE_-I0Ngk2rUiOub_9ouuAztg4tYonhqAAs2IQbtJIxs4kRvGWg23rm97Nny6ObRhyxPDkkEYWe0V4s73dIyalClmSPUqp_8JJ6ds8E50xL6p-QC5eYdCbwp9RLL/s5312/20210101_133549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NtRDy38JWE_-I0Ngk2rUiOub_9ouuAztg4tYonhqAAs2IQbtJIxs4kRvGWg23rm97Nny6ObRhyxPDkkEYWe0V4s73dIyalClmSPUqp_8JJ6ds8E50xL6p-QC5eYdCbwp9RLL/w360-h640/20210101_133549.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">37. Not a bad idea with the yellow and green ears, but that's about all. The magenta should have done something else, something rounder. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gOYkY0LqO_CJSPpZ4bn-ypAtEO2uyojACZAluZz_ZN53Ogj240PDWZFN8PQgTTNpRdfyuSgfEkgUW-tiRvr7rsFvwuBVJiuwZvOB1By_mYpMmwzBBepfp6yQyTuoMlQai1rq/s5312/20210101_133556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gOYkY0LqO_CJSPpZ4bn-ypAtEO2uyojACZAluZz_ZN53Ogj240PDWZFN8PQgTTNpRdfyuSgfEkgUW-tiRvr7rsFvwuBVJiuwZvOB1By_mYpMmwzBBepfp6yQyTuoMlQai1rq/w360-h640/20210101_133556.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">38. Three colors, this kid, and some letters. I got this, swish swish. This one could be a whole lot worse. What genius added those magenta lines on the balls? Not bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLzJADeqLtoDGM9bZEcHaIJUL_GZdxqnU1eN8ybkMkAg-QNxSdMFWneh9Wp7PvG9uqk7M4zwFXbQ0jorwaLOpKOYbWBmhyiF5RMw0UYFqxtq6GmC_AmWzXU3miENH6OLtLMTU/s5312/20210101_133603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLzJADeqLtoDGM9bZEcHaIJUL_GZdxqnU1eN8ybkMkAg-QNxSdMFWneh9Wp7PvG9uqk7M4zwFXbQ0jorwaLOpKOYbWBmhyiF5RMw0UYFqxtq6GmC_AmWzXU3miENH6OLtLMTU/w360-h640/20210101_133603.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">39. OMG more Tic Tac Toe. Simple pattern, just lay it down and move on. It has some liveliness to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcIRLwji70F_ON2hu8BFwUIug7ndTazzIYfN2GSyFZF17ToGa_3b0D0i4hIoAre00CCPHniQdwwIsFoTorlWVIIlqCz9nmsf6uWeWjEhK3XL0v7Uf3jNt5M04sgKBdKrVL8nO/s5312/20210101_133612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcIRLwji70F_ON2hu8BFwUIug7ndTazzIYfN2GSyFZF17ToGa_3b0D0i4hIoAre00CCPHniQdwwIsFoTorlWVIIlqCz9nmsf6uWeWjEhK3XL0v7Uf3jNt5M04sgKBdKrVL8nO/w360-h640/20210101_133612.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">40. Three colors, lots of room to play. Make the balls of the tree resonate with the shapes in the characters. This is one of the top 3, I think. Glad I took the extra moments for the sections of bark of the tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYieyX733bOSjZmaIoPlGX6DOt81uUrRr_5fzzMF3UVK6zodieHRiYJZJi5YiTdvdaAE-k_7qR7NgZY_thmurgaJMnD2ghavSR_Rq4iAGFf_Glr_Iiqy_P2GI-7r5SQ_O-jxXk/s5312/20210101_133619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYieyX733bOSjZmaIoPlGX6DOt81uUrRr_5fzzMF3UVK6zodieHRiYJZJi5YiTdvdaAE-k_7qR7NgZY_thmurgaJMnD2ghavSR_Rq4iAGFf_Glr_Iiqy_P2GI-7r5SQ_O-jxXk/w360-h640/20210101_133619.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">41. This one could have been great but I made a misstep with that dark circle on the inside of his face. I think it was early and a hectic part of the eon of the 6 seconds it took me to color this one. Aside from that dark circle, this one is a winner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3aNdtHiNO1EyN-n2oWOVjIl-xb0sbqL8OC3YhC0ODkA6We73vUXgPBu8TpPOUJzK2dUuaj_CMO1sfGZWNLELdh_AsHR3KEUEsJ8WxiUWp1LU4n0OJJ-Z2uwPAv5eiEYpAGdP/s5312/20210101_133623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3aNdtHiNO1EyN-n2oWOVjIl-xb0sbqL8OC3YhC0ODkA6We73vUXgPBu8TpPOUJzK2dUuaj_CMO1sfGZWNLELdh_AsHR3KEUEsJ8WxiUWp1LU4n0OJJ-Z2uwPAv5eiEYpAGdP/w360-h640/20210101_133623.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">42. Whoa, it was 11:59 and I had a few moments to add color from that destroyed pink marker. A swath would have been nice there, but that marker was all I had. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7vSgrUNSYjKpEjCBoSdn5tqn0RNwSh6VEglrZjLSF4-iUsJg0D4e6NoAUwhJinEJ2zpURrGoMVcTVo_RM6nzC0fbdh8mEQ6rTtd6fVCETsNxbR67gBRosJNmAGQlnBYpOI5j/s5312/20210101_133631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7vSgrUNSYjKpEjCBoSdn5tqn0RNwSh6VEglrZjLSF4-iUsJg0D4e6NoAUwhJinEJ2zpURrGoMVcTVo_RM6nzC0fbdh8mEQ6rTtd6fVCETsNxbR67gBRosJNmAGQlnBYpOI5j/w360-h640/20210101_133631.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">43. MIDNIGHT! Hello 2021!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">REFLECTION</h2><div>Ok, let's be GENTLE to ourselves, let's look at some of them, let's answer a few questions:</div><div><br /></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>What did we do?</li><li>What could we have done more of? (And what should we do next time?)</li><li>What ones worked?</li><li>What ones would be good candidates for revision?</li><li>What else?</li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div><b>1. What did we do?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I went from a medium level of complexity to minimum color choice and coverage. I think 2, 4, 6 and 9 are better from the early ones, and of the later ones, 27, 32, 35 and a couple others are high points there. I was eventually genuinely satisfied with those three colors, and could see doing a project in just those colors. I liked it even more when it was gently augmented by metallics or brown.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>2. What could we have done more, or what should we do next time?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Have an array of colors ready, maybe three plus 2 others in other materials. Have my materials READY and clean (bad brushes and paint hampered this project.) Start with big swaths. Use the background as main color more often. Augment everything gently.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>3. What ones worked?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The ones mentioned above. I would say if I had to pick three (more parameters and deadlines!) are my favorites. Oh heck I picked 6.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTY9BGNaVv50KWbSgth6iARsbEuYltMqdhRprpNVntnKRxcJ1vPX2qdUIruzRGlZ81yM8q2XbOqY5H8i78vxTvcYBJDOgf4-rUL2xOwhyphenhyphenwYYYSmwZ7VgqFeWTshRpOyu8NRTf/s5312/20210101_133612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTY9BGNaVv50KWbSgth6iARsbEuYltMqdhRprpNVntnKRxcJ1vPX2qdUIruzRGlZ81yM8q2XbOqY5H8i78vxTvcYBJDOgf4-rUL2xOwhyphenhyphenwYYYSmwZ7VgqFeWTshRpOyu8NRTf/s320/20210101_133612.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtloFLiotRCdQjMueEKGY3g6DTg2Po8KzNvnNkBfXbWFdi4bc9kzxdCo4cE4s9sLjqNOmliQ9EsObQD7qQgOYekgtCWg1sIWNWvv00ymDeRgVAGrNifTQALl4BVe5X6BxExf5/s5312/20210101_133501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtloFLiotRCdQjMueEKGY3g6DTg2Po8KzNvnNkBfXbWFdi4bc9kzxdCo4cE4s9sLjqNOmliQ9EsObQD7qQgOYekgtCWg1sIWNWvv00ymDeRgVAGrNifTQALl4BVe5X6BxExf5/s320/20210101_133501.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDF5qYiA8eSPjyjsXfiILugclROeV5QZrQrjnkdJt-8qRQRFCNo3q7Kw04xNyoz5-hlWWpeyobHGaUuN6hjmBSCz6g47nsAcM8bZaBHxtv6Loeapr0kHpmM1mc_tB7g07LCBNu/s5312/20210101_133438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDF5qYiA8eSPjyjsXfiILugclROeV5QZrQrjnkdJt-8qRQRFCNo3q7Kw04xNyoz5-hlWWpeyobHGaUuN6hjmBSCz6g47nsAcM8bZaBHxtv6Loeapr0kHpmM1mc_tB7g07LCBNu/s320/20210101_133438.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In these top three, it was the sharp, boldness of the marks. The confidence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMR2kNbxV_PKhMcYMCnNS-1zqTxq6uEorUURY6fX5u8oIJd9K4SBwRmQMTXqsusUNguQFCo0mYqbE8gxzgj03WoJ6-Cb7u6lZJxSV2DSzUoemEX-gLtVFs66n87q7oxWOn7zlG/s5312/20210101_133250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMR2kNbxV_PKhMcYMCnNS-1zqTxq6uEorUURY6fX5u8oIJd9K4SBwRmQMTXqsusUNguQFCo0mYqbE8gxzgj03WoJ6-Cb7u6lZJxSV2DSzUoemEX-gLtVFs66n87q7oxWOn7zlG/s320/20210101_133250.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is a sort of fun maximalist one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMqJL1QkJ-OS35LdDwG-WZRyibXAGig3yuMIK-4PGW4HWchIhYKb_Gjc1MNEBPqCEpiBaK4oBmS8HJlKYeLh3NrZJFcdDHHJsz6GqcwbhfbMX_3DtYGRKTSVZd_VJIZ7DODlW/s5312/20210101_133336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMqJL1QkJ-OS35LdDwG-WZRyibXAGig3yuMIK-4PGW4HWchIhYKb_Gjc1MNEBPqCEpiBaK4oBmS8HJlKYeLh3NrZJFcdDHHJsz6GqcwbhfbMX_3DtYGRKTSVZd_VJIZ7DODlW/s320/20210101_133336.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I admit part of this is because the underlying drawing is fun, but this is the first the confident scribbles came out and I was still working with a few more colors and here they cohered.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoMenOQaz6dTjsW6yTEQIjF5ao5m02BarSWMxF_4Mros08DKChvi-l3FYQpmD0IvsTeAa_rTPL3pprQVX77UUxgwPjdRU35h-7NIVW_z6XKxpgAk3WfNe4nMLi_nF4rrhhgqJ/s5312/20210101_133308_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoMenOQaz6dTjsW6yTEQIjF5ao5m02BarSWMxF_4Mros08DKChvi-l3FYQpmD0IvsTeAa_rTPL3pprQVX77UUxgwPjdRU35h-7NIVW_z6XKxpgAk3WfNe4nMLi_nF4rrhhgqJ/s320/20210101_133308_001.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would do more like this if I could. The connect the dots let me create a bold outline and then different interior. The swath in the background, and augmentations, are good, I like them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>4. What ones would be good candidates for revision?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Using what I learned from the above successes or semi-successes, I would revise some of these similarly. I admit, some are included or excluded because of the drawings themselves.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD25BYvlkdfRJUb9lJNHdW50BiFZwXRGdPVilsTR7bozF-lDYuSbDc0HCTO_MdEuggnTzmRbT-G7b-ClZ1hMYWO1vRJ0mhe_ME94shAJOstvhh8mpD5R0ti8MvtXLM08O3jTQo/s5312/20210101_133411_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD25BYvlkdfRJUb9lJNHdW50BiFZwXRGdPVilsTR7bozF-lDYuSbDc0HCTO_MdEuggnTzmRbT-G7b-ClZ1hMYWO1vRJ0mhe_ME94shAJOstvhh8mpD5R0ti8MvtXLM08O3jTQo/s320/20210101_133411_001.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-w83wvyeIOYfb2EuA58lvyUEgDzGszHZQ2Lq-rUyWdGQtXFyJMrKcfEIDVYCKM_Spo-MckOC6vAXwvu1gmJwnsWJsp0cv29SyK8RhbBW5wDv_bX8iMAm0V2JsQ8oZUStPulN/s5312/20210101_133524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-w83wvyeIOYfb2EuA58lvyUEgDzGszHZQ2Lq-rUyWdGQtXFyJMrKcfEIDVYCKM_Spo-MckOC6vAXwvu1gmJwnsWJsp0cv29SyK8RhbBW5wDv_bX8iMAm0V2JsQ8oZUStPulN/s320/20210101_133524.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SYyPrklFx1AKfFgRr1qcKgplDpeGeuB8MryWOGdH6Q-HcCrvhCzzjM9vLs30hFM6nRETESTmiJ1mNcSNZoFzPjMoEEMjOG-3X_jiHPaS5ZlKC3Ex9DWu8qRYLBUip6DEJUgA/s5312/20210101_133623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SYyPrklFx1AKfFgRr1qcKgplDpeGeuB8MryWOGdH6Q-HcCrvhCzzjM9vLs30hFM6nRETESTmiJ1mNcSNZoFzPjMoEEMjOG-3X_jiHPaS5ZlKC3Ex9DWu8qRYLBUip6DEJUgA/s320/20210101_133623.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0INDOemd44uzl3b54Hio4KQe_zFWasaDeZ5e4BWBAVhWG8nZ0cfK3hlm3o4lHWV75zb93vhnk3st7466txWWqhUAui8xF4jURz5wss4bKBLcRdTyPLfwLtQlcvHZmgLE-tj7/s5312/20210101_133549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0INDOemd44uzl3b54Hio4KQe_zFWasaDeZ5e4BWBAVhWG8nZ0cfK3hlm3o4lHWV75zb93vhnk3st7466txWWqhUAui8xF4jURz5wss4bKBLcRdTyPLfwLtQlcvHZmgLE-tj7/s320/20210101_133549.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk62aajfwwDaYYCdu-QNvlhIFyrSGLtNVW4N-Unf8sGxTmPimsQr0WtahIpAZftkX90zWd1zDdZN6iA1m6hN3h_iwQKLGwazR8ZXgDaCdKX1E4DPcNkrzEpKU960vFf45XNRui/s5312/20210101_133240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk62aajfwwDaYYCdu-QNvlhIFyrSGLtNVW4N-Unf8sGxTmPimsQr0WtahIpAZftkX90zWd1zDdZN6iA1m6hN3h_iwQKLGwazR8ZXgDaCdKX1E4DPcNkrzEpKU960vFf45XNRui/s320/20210101_133240.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>5. What else?</b><div><br /></div><div>I would do this again. I would choose different parameters. I would give myself an hour to do 6 or something. I would bring better materials to the literal table. </div><div><br /></div><div>For my own work, this translates to something like:</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I should give myself the deadline of making 10-20 4-panel comics in an hour. </li><li>Reflect in this same way.</li><li>Choose 2-4 to refine. Give myself 2 days to complete them. </li><li>Repeat.</li><li>Change system when needed, probably soon. </li></ol></div><div><br /></div><div>Of course this is what "fine artists" have done throughout time. The ones with the privilege to follow their instincts. The ones with the privilege to have a "blue period" or a "cut paper" period.</div><div><br /></div><div>We can give ourselves these gifts. We can recognize who we are in our process, and let us be more of it. We can give ourselves the gift of clear sight about ourselves. The gift of good tools! The gift of time and patience and gentleness. </div><div><br /></div><div>And we can give the critical mind the gift of something to chew over. </div><div><br /></div><div>I spent twice as long on this blog post as I did on the coloring book! If we go back into another project, the critical mind KNOWS it will be needed soon, it won't be as furious, tireless, you will have taught it just a little patience. </div><div><br /></div><div>So in 2021, let's give ourselves gifts. The gifts of knowing that art making makes ourselves, and opens ourselves. We deserve that this year. We've been closed off for too long.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Pek2Fc9E0Bzi6plCIVft0b0hp8Hb1xVaym5wDy4Jvdy-SQ3-Yl5lyzchLukE4WB6Yr49lmpVULHlsaOgKwe9SwwPwzYFodfiGkMn01fLpJDkLyE3g10neNzPRln5BtBRmB_M/s5312/20210101_133219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Pek2Fc9E0Bzi6plCIVft0b0hp8Hb1xVaym5wDy4Jvdy-SQ3-Yl5lyzchLukE4WB6Yr49lmpVULHlsaOgKwe9SwwPwzYFodfiGkMn01fLpJDkLyE3g10neNzPRln5BtBRmB_M/w360-h640/20210101_133219.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I choose you!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-32378700824003962752020-09-05T17:55:00.005-04:002020-09-05T17:55:52.057-04:00When three pictures lock into place...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9S5ypfY5S07CgKsf-IZ8mXpTV8CuVyIQTntmiuHf6GyoBgASiM48W6AlMuD8PT1iyNjZ0XNcri_2ecv3BwR1h9DayhU_QKHK_OsUbyZLLFOcQrUaOdP1REcoB6Ah3neGs30_t/s1080/Photo+on+7-8-19+at+11.31+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9S5ypfY5S07CgKsf-IZ8mXpTV8CuVyIQTntmiuHf6GyoBgASiM48W6AlMuD8PT1iyNjZ0XNcri_2ecv3BwR1h9DayhU_QKHK_OsUbyZLLFOcQrUaOdP1REcoB6Ah3neGs30_t/w625-h416/Photo+on+7-8-19+at+11.31+AM.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><p><br /></p> I love my <a href="http://hutchowen.blogspot.com/search/label/cards" target="_blank">card decks </a>! I've got three decks like this that I mix together. Each has about 140 cards. <p></p><p><br /></p><p>I am always looking for new ways to use them. Recently, after moving house, I started a new ritual, keeping three cards on a rack in my drawing space, each morning pulling a new #3, while retiring #1 and putting #2 in the #1 spot. </p><p>Here's one of the first, a grim beginning, with one of the grimmest cards in the decks in the center.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SsdDmnMbSI3Nc4Rm5sKm7mE0T0U-IzP5pWxEuW2Mp6MeYuf2rg9RcH-dUo8UCAyqnBt4Z_rgHsO8Y4YX-xzAcfyNxVQs8pufaF2SYYfae98SbI5st3GQAggQu6WvBEoiA5q7/s5312/20200816_101858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SsdDmnMbSI3Nc4Rm5sKm7mE0T0U-IzP5pWxEuW2Mp6MeYuf2rg9RcH-dUo8UCAyqnBt4Z_rgHsO8Y4YX-xzAcfyNxVQs8pufaF2SYYfae98SbI5st3GQAggQu6WvBEoiA5q7/w781-h439/20200816_101858.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All black and white. The mechanistic westerner on the left. The Congolese man looking at his relative's (I think a son's or daughter's) chopped-off (by the Belgian colonizers) hands on his porch. The hands freed to make new life on the wall. I don't know what that sequence means- some sort of rejuvenation, or second life? I don't want to make light of trauma at all, so I'm not inclined to believe that interpretation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day I don't seem to have a picture of, but it would have been Congolese man, shadow hands, and early bone teeth necklace, below. Again, the theme of separated body parts. Decoration, life, I don't know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then this one... (Close up of an Al Williamson hand.) Still disembodied parts. What are we looking at? To me, it's getting confusing...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYqUhvee9x-Y6YFpnRbhNIAxe5qgWfUQ_tjeN_aF_rGG9vDyz9t7ba0Su1sAFw0ahw3Vi2kO2vEIveDEVZz5UYbGVmMI5ZZaCbM4Omin8fuQx3p_Mtbxxwd1duk2_Yv-eQ00r/s5312/20200818_120945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYqUhvee9x-Y6YFpnRbhNIAxe5qgWfUQ_tjeN_aF_rGG9vDyz9t7ba0Su1sAFw0ahw3Vi2kO2vEIveDEVZz5UYbGVmMI5ZZaCbM4Omin8fuQx3p_Mtbxxwd1duk2_Yv-eQ00r/w781-h439/20200818_120945.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I lost a couple days, dispirited. Then picked it up 2 days later. A couple, a precarious fall (the only digitally altered card in the decks), and "tragedy". Yeesh, and after just moving with my family...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvolBElthl44AnrH512B_HH2N2yDyxtn5DQF95ycD2DroGFPgEQDz2o6Fn2CXGC_mflLAb_zn0gh1FyDJTQhkF0rnW8mFhqBKEAjAwO7_TUmK21kUVB0u8FsV209uyz2y0nnVM/s5312/20200821_152154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvolBElthl44AnrH512B_HH2N2yDyxtn5DQF95ycD2DroGFPgEQDz2o6Fn2CXGC_mflLAb_zn0gh1FyDJTQhkF0rnW8mFhqBKEAjAwO7_TUmK21kUVB0u8FsV209uyz2y0nnVM/w781-h439/20200821_152154.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here- the new final image, a boy in Kowloon, infamous tower/neighborhood of Hong Kong, making do, homework at a desk on a shelf, or something. Ok, another rejuvenation, rebirth, rededication?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hPpfR6lwB42plTCoKuEGZJKxiqOA4fYpJ6j8PGEF7Zgo7qHUn4JAL8ZvSQwnk8MDheUMMcP0cJDRmfApLwdkmoEa3nGIdGETy-JqcYiIdCvN2_70Q415S1cek5YdsZ4HhU1a/s5312/20200823_115707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hPpfR6lwB42plTCoKuEGZJKxiqOA4fYpJ6j8PGEF7Zgo7qHUn4JAL8ZvSQwnk8MDheUMMcP0cJDRmfApLwdkmoEa3nGIdGETy-JqcYiIdCvN2_70Q415S1cek5YdsZ4HhU1a/w781-h439/20200823_115707.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, we add pageant, ritual, theater. Not sure what this is yet...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD64gnKi7ZUXqmXT4HU0c6PlS-hkPY3ltWYOtVeUBszaB5swKllyRVp6lCHizOSAihLtZXqNhVuCISNdPcycCZ9A-YPeP1TmqiSaIGiivOh5Z_ccPqmJ4s6kWD_i9b7867lQhm/s5312/20200824_151457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD64gnKi7ZUXqmXT4HU0c6PlS-hkPY3ltWYOtVeUBszaB5swKllyRVp6lCHizOSAihLtZXqNhVuCISNdPcycCZ9A-YPeP1TmqiSaIGiivOh5Z_ccPqmJ4s6kWD_i9b7867lQhm/w781-h439/20200824_151457.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Innocence, a child's coloring page. The story still opaque.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYrseXylRcMqXX0TYr1FNo9QLtU6xPiqs1qULY3PA8RUzdVkUhkj47Qt55i1WgIH4AZ7t4UyWQWo6WtDJzcPV3tMTjucIgm_aneAXwcjyB0coH9zzCf9CSd3LVorZkgAvgYZ5/s5312/20200825_084904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYrseXylRcMqXX0TYr1FNo9QLtU6xPiqs1qULY3PA8RUzdVkUhkj47Qt55i1WgIH4AZ7t4UyWQWo6WtDJzcPV3tMTjucIgm_aneAXwcjyB0coH9zzCf9CSd3LVorZkgAvgYZ5/w781-h439/20200825_084904.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A would-be school shooter, hugged by the person who the teacher who disarmed him. Why this from theater and pageant? I let the images keep coming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34wQetqqGVnqOsiXaNKQGzgmSJ_kUGU_VfPHHRCIarUxJx9SpqvbfsQ9_fKIrXl7YEzhLhv86EIQaJNBtQxwvsD0Dzuy9yZFYTVR7iyQu0Xrs_uuhU3FXugAnyX43aCgmMOI6/s5312/20200826_092401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34wQetqqGVnqOsiXaNKQGzgmSJ_kUGU_VfPHHRCIarUxJx9SpqvbfsQ9_fKIrXl7YEzhLhv86EIQaJNBtQxwvsD0Dzuy9yZFYTVR7iyQu0Xrs_uuhU3FXugAnyX43aCgmMOI6/w781-h439/20200826_092401.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guess I didn't take a pic the day before but you can infer it from the below. Now we have a new sequence, all horizontal, if that matters. Wrestling, hugging, dancing as a vegetable, war in the skies. No idea how to interpret...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGeXcD_hBk2EMh0n6FIFLgJoV-F0dDFUEA1tpx1APQ0gJQ2t7h0LXiFU9LeT7p2dYnSEs5FhQLoUKRT0qrcFW85GtfRRJYijGi9R7CeZCeUVit2yGFS0hhY6KWl79tGP60939/s5312/20200828_154347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGeXcD_hBk2EMh0n6FIFLgJoV-F0dDFUEA1tpx1APQ0gJQ2t7h0LXiFU9LeT7p2dYnSEs5FhQLoUKRT0qrcFW85GtfRRJYijGi9R7CeZCeUVit2yGFS0hhY6KWl79tGP60939/w781-h439/20200828_154347.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still all horizontal, this is making more sense to me. Theater, new rituals, war, culture revolution (the last image from The Clash's <i>London Calling.</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ96Asv_5N2K_WAoVWIiUPciaaPHtXAPfapSEXXkt7S1stcAQtc3glNRXpMRq11ndnQCSNsi2uxrrkwwpsQ3M3UURMImDJtGJ7pfGIEaRKo7BtXD_GlKm99Z0uluwR2VSFRJzf/s5312/20200829_113307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ96Asv_5N2K_WAoVWIiUPciaaPHtXAPfapSEXXkt7S1stcAQtc3glNRXpMRq11ndnQCSNsi2uxrrkwwpsQ3M3UURMImDJtGJ7pfGIEaRKo7BtXD_GlKm99Z0uluwR2VSFRJzf/w781-h439/20200829_113307.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lest we get too comfortable, we see our war and combat (rock) is deadening us. This is making sense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKW40kV1hxnHwff6X_wwq2WLacm9ld_hEyPETi6LMXFx169El4AlZ5n6fRXh2HapYudDSfHt9niqMkz7UDrH-9Pt3WzZIkanQhIGlsjoN_d5Fbhy5obg-FzuxqKZDOCe859jfY/s5312/20200830_160949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKW40kV1hxnHwff6X_wwq2WLacm9ld_hEyPETi6LMXFx169El4AlZ5n6fRXh2HapYudDSfHt9niqMkz7UDrH-9Pt3WzZIkanQhIGlsjoN_d5Fbhy5obg-FzuxqKZDOCe859jfY/w781-h439/20200830_160949.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then I lose the thread. Are we the herd of gazelles running away. What are we losing? Who is escaping?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2qnMSuT5F4Rxkg1Q-e24ReddR3wwnSEsnPAU2o7qZvf211RS_rjspxkehOWjXBedk9_lUo-EczIdWHBuMaaM88J07Q83UN18Y_Qk_ild2poQSFEwx0U2UsPIgiqHpMvboyHX/s5312/20200831_135922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2qnMSuT5F4Rxkg1Q-e24ReddR3wwnSEsnPAU2o7qZvf211RS_rjspxkehOWjXBedk9_lUo-EczIdWHBuMaaM88J07Q83UN18Y_Qk_ild2poQSFEwx0U2UsPIgiqHpMvboyHX/w781-h439/20200831_135922.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This card of semaphore confuses it more, but at least signals that some interpretation might be coming...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjtanTPCWA8_ef7FEcaMFq69WfWzJ2RnVOcimN3sa8hzTI1Z7uKNfqwxV4kvIriZ3mnlcMKhUBe1MP3T8UwvTWbogQ-qrvCWS7yj2m9iRYPrrAnNpY0hRY_nyW7HQyop5Zb-W/s5312/20200901_080052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjtanTPCWA8_ef7FEcaMFq69WfWzJ2RnVOcimN3sa8hzTI1Z7uKNfqwxV4kvIriZ3mnlcMKhUBe1MP3T8UwvTWbogQ-qrvCWS7yj2m9iRYPrrAnNpY0hRY_nyW7HQyop5Zb-W/w781-h439/20200901_080052.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A car wash? No idea... Go the obvious route- a baptism? Rebirth?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayYfOCa4BH2ySX1s-aYubwd5gT4wCsrPaMhcOHnFsemFxAawMr0Ii4CnC4tEq5EkitfNBJD-3txGMOEwJkDBOZIs21to5K0Wia-Uv9sFbg2BnN7xOjcmbU9b1I-Ak4O65husq/s5312/20200903_092452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayYfOCa4BH2ySX1s-aYubwd5gT4wCsrPaMhcOHnFsemFxAawMr0Ii4CnC4tEq5EkitfNBJD-3txGMOEwJkDBOZIs21to5K0Wia-Uv9sFbg2BnN7xOjcmbU9b1I-Ak4O65husq/w781-h439/20200903_092452.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorite panels from Jeffrey Jones (among hundreds) emerges. The skeleton being adorned with jewels on its antlers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV8R8hg4tywUp7ZSGJWIjjJBeYbn8YIbY7Sgeg83vovRbFaDZTSqVyLurucE_BcueczptlDrXoTLfl0GY11YUtQHKtWqUS86Fpx-1VFP78VGOQjdlBm2g3OOWKlYQS2So-KQ4/s5312/20200903_092509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV8R8hg4tywUp7ZSGJWIjjJBeYbn8YIbY7Sgeg83vovRbFaDZTSqVyLurucE_BcueczptlDrXoTLfl0GY11YUtQHKtWqUS86Fpx-1VFP78VGOQjdlBm2g3OOWKlYQS2So-KQ4/w781-h439/20200903_092509.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two boys have huge electric crowns of hair above their heads here. I know from when I found the photo they are about to be struck by lightning. (I think they survived.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTIGF6cmSGAIXDjvjITCNK_nesSZDBmPrsmGTABpXh4QboFN6DmXRMTiZ9-bsgr3aO1wPKz7ng8-tKe-SxDAfauhB047WXBK8KfR4N9DW36MWeGffkLUHiZdiyVOKd6HLVvPH/s5312/20200904_090640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTIGF6cmSGAIXDjvjITCNK_nesSZDBmPrsmGTABpXh4QboFN6DmXRMTiZ9-bsgr3aO1wPKz7ng8-tKe-SxDAfauhB047WXBK8KfR4N9DW36MWeGffkLUHiZdiyVOKd6HLVvPH/w781-h439/20200904_090640.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And today, Sept 5, this image from Julie Doucet stops me in my tracks. All three images, like a triptych: enormous, crowns above each of their heads. The skeleton antlers, the electric hair. the scissors like a gentle sword of Damacles. Doucet's violence was so joyous and simple, and these scissors and that alcohol, utterly celebratory. Thus, these boys, about to be crowned, electrified, super charged. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3blDsbE_FCZiTbbL1K0JAtmGaQAjRsy92R26GxwUJiVEC_fSKZdI52VbU4s34uo4HxQoDcPmsH05asFrtPhESsaNUG5Ezyy5oft1uHCU-p37jnwSbyE7tSpTGmLU_pkAMPxgS/s5312/20200905_080316_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3blDsbE_FCZiTbbL1K0JAtmGaQAjRsy92R26GxwUJiVEC_fSKZdI52VbU4s34uo4HxQoDcPmsH05asFrtPhESsaNUG5Ezyy5oft1uHCU-p37jnwSbyE7tSpTGmLU_pkAMPxgS/w781-h439/20200905_080316_001.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>And below it, on my drawing board, more of this guy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn60xBs46M6Drm2DVUffr6Cp0v9pLFM9gTZuleyx1HmIl1JNZO-ZXgN_ls1m5JppRqQdjMKjjL5Itx056AVy6YtAyeyPBVhGqkJSiRU0aNzQCFqd6oLO3UkLxqFGzX53opkX5-/s3072/20200905_162710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2988" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn60xBs46M6Drm2DVUffr6Cp0v9pLFM9gTZuleyx1HmIl1JNZO-ZXgN_ls1m5JppRqQdjMKjjL5Itx056AVy6YtAyeyPBVhGqkJSiRU0aNzQCFqd6oLO3UkLxqFGzX53opkX5-/w610-h625/20200905_162710.jpg" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What can I learn from that triptych?</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-29393122137334700742020-04-05T13:31:00.002-04:002020-04-05T13:37:08.352-04:00Dreams in Hard Times<div style="font-family: Avenir, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji"; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 24px;">
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<b>I've been thinking a lot about dreams this week.</b></div>
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Some interesting work on dreams came out this week. There is a psychotherapist collecting dreams about Covid-19 <a href="https://twitter.com/newworlddreams" style="background-color: transparent; color: #48dbfb; text-decoration-line: none; user-select: auto;">https://twitter.com/newworlddreams</a> .<br />
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She was already collecting dreams about Trump for 3 years (pretty in-depth: <a href="https://45dreamsproject.com/2019/08/23/chapter-9-dreams-of-psychopathy-and-violated-norms/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #48dbfb; text-decoration-line: none; user-select: auto;">https://45dreamsproject.com/2019/08/23/chapter-9-dreams-of-psychopathy-and-violated-norms/</a> ) and I think she might be behind the climate change one too: <a href="https://twitter.com/climatedreams" style="background-color: transparent; color: #48dbfb; text-decoration-line: none; user-select: auto;">https://twitter.com/climatedreams</a></div>
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Which got me thinking of drawing dreams in comics. </div>
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The first main example in comics history is Winsor McCay's Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Rarebit_Fiend" style="background-color: transparent; color: #48dbfb; text-decoration-line: none; user-select: auto;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Rarebit_Fiend</a></div>
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Here is a great, scary example. Be sure to click for the large version. </div>
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After that, there have been loads and loads of cartoonists who have mined their dreams for comics. Two main ones I can think of are Jim Woodring and Julie Doucet.</div>
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Jim Woodring: <a href="https://boingboing.net/2014/08/19/jim-a-collection-of-jim-w.html" style="background-color: transparent; color: #48dbfb; text-decoration-line: none; user-select: auto;">https://boingboing.net/2014/08/19/jim-a-collection-of-jim-w.html</a></div>
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Julie Doucet: <a href="https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/my-most-secret-desire" style="background-color: transparent; color: #48dbfb; text-decoration-line: none; user-select: auto;">https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/my-most-secret-desire</a></div>
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From her lovely book My Most Secret Desire</div>
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I included lots in my memoir, and even in some of my first ever comics. This is from my memoir:</div>
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And this is by me from 25 years ago, a dream about "Killing Hitler."</div>
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New B and Fang strip. Calling it strip 3.</div>
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OMG why do these take so long? Because I wring my hands and worry, etc. </div>
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The roughs for this had 4 identical panels (identical to panel 3 here) and the text was "fang", "want" and then 3 and 4 like you see here.</div>
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There wasn't enough change in the story, not enough emotional flow. So I added the first panel (totally out of place from where I wanted to put that moment but whatever) and then condensed the rest into panel 2. Adding a change of emotion and rhythm.</div>
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<br />Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-60062812359700250662020-01-13T10:00:00.000-05:002020-01-13T10:00:02.035-05:00What I learned from Lynda Barry<div class="box-white" style="border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #373f45; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">
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That workshop, "Writing the Unthinkable" was all about "seeing your story" and following behind it, "like water skiing."</div>
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It was great! She taught us so much about memory, and place, and envisioning yourself in a scene.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" />But for me, it was hard, too! I didn't have the focus to keep it up.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" />I was too squirrelly.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" />I had to invent something else I could keep up myself.<h3 style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
It was all about avoiding the inner critic.</h3>
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Lynda joked that if you saw the inner critic in a bar, he would be the BIGGEST ASSHOLE but we STILL LISTEN TO HIM!</div>
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Her trick was to concentrate on moving your hand, and watching your hand make lines, and letters and forms.</div>
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That way, the story could come out from the back of the brain. It works, and I try to get into that state sometimes too, even still.</div>
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But I had to find my own way.</h3>
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I had to find something where I could TRICK the inner critic. Outrun it. I formalized a system that I had used for years, but never could outline the steps. Now I can!</div>
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This is how you trick the inner critic.</h3>
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<li style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">Then you start <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">doodling</span> from that list By the time he (the asshole in the bar!) catches on that you are actually drawing, then we play a new game, listing and writing again! <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">The inner critic is confused!</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;"><span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Now we flush him out of the room! </span>We add so much material it couldn't all be important.</li>
<li style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">Now we can<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> gently use the critic </span>outside our head. We ask him, what's good, what should we keep.</li>
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I say it's like YOGA or vinyasa. <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">You don't need to "finish" your yoga.</span> You just do it, and do it again. It connects you to your body, and your creative self.</div>
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You'll learn to<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> trust your own ideas</span> and give yourself permission to tell your own stories.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" />You'll tone and <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">stretch your imagination. </span><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" />You'll<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> generate so many ideas </span>you'll have scraps left over. You'll meet your story self.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" />You'll be<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> </span>granted<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> freedom</span>, <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">permission</span>, and a new process, <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/storytelling-flow" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #00add8; font-weight: normal; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank" trigger-id="867891">Storytelling Vinyasa.</a> </span>which let's you be you, and try your own ideas on for size.<span class="redactor-invisible-space" data-redactor-class="redactor-invisible-space" data-redactor-tag="span" data-verified="redactor" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div>
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<br />Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-21504100116063332532020-01-08T11:33:00.000-05:002020-01-08T11:33:27.206-05:00New Course! Get Seen Get Good!<div class="box-white">
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<strong>I've got a new course for you! </strong>About showing your work and <em>getting better as you go. <strong>It's called "<a href="https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/get-seen-get-good" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(220 , 225 , 229); color: rgb(17 , 85 , 204); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" trigger-id="1422421">Get Seen Get Good.</a>"</strong></em>
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Even though I realized recently that I am very fortunate to have spent 30 years being constantly creative. I've never had my fire out. I haven't always reached people, or hit constant highs, but I've always been engaged and it's always served me, and I count myself lucky and blessed.I realized how it went was this:
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">A graphic memoir featured in my book The Art of the Graphic Memoir.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">and a self-published mini-comic from the SAW library</span></div>
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In the last entry, I also look at my 3-year <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hutch Owen</em></span> comic strip and examine how I might have made it more Holy</div>
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Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-90122671393950589912020-01-06T10:00:00.000-05:002020-01-06T10:00:01.928-05:00[Get Seen Get Good] Week 4 - It's Ok to Take 15 Years to Get Good.<div class="box-white-border" style="border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #373f45; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">
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For week 4 of <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Get Seen Get Good</span>, I wanted to share this image with you. These are drawings of mine, self-representations from 1991-2011.</div>
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The main reason I am showing you this, is because<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> it took me arguably <em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">15 years</em> to "Get Good."</span> I was starting to get there around 2003, but it's not til 2006 I can comfortably say I was <em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">pretty</em> good.</div>
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Those whole 15 years, I was concentrating on Making, and GETTING SEEN.</div>
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And let's not get into all the horrible stumbles I made. Tons of them, lousy works, lousy pitches, but all the while, I made some pretty good stuff too, fun, and eventually I got more consistent and reliable.</div>
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To be honest, I was happy with who I was creatively then, but I was limited and frustrated. I'm happier now and I have a greater vision. And I have years of experience, writing, drawing, and being seen to anchor me.</div>
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This course is for you to get there too.</div>
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Share where you're at in the <a href="https://members.sawcomics.org/" target="_blank">Network</a>, and anywhere else you're finding to be comfortable and exciting.</div>
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No more emails. I'm busy with my project! Let's get busy!</div>
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Share with me, tag me, go find me in the real world or you can always find me in the network!</div>
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Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-25362134570760851472020-01-05T20:54:00.000-05:002020-01-05T20:54:20.110-05:00[Get Seen Get Good] Week 4 - Share With Peers and Elders... Give Someone a Zebra Fix<div class="box-white-border" style="border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #373f45; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">
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<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"></span>This week is all about those little affirmations. Those little "yes"s that inspire us to keep going. From peers, our support circle, and "elders", too.</div>
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In the <a href="https://sequentialartistsworkshop.thinkific.com/courses/take/get-seen-get-good/lessons/9822163-publishing-my-story-mini-comics" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">videos on publishing</a>, I mention reaching out to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Martin_(cartoonist)" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">Mark Martin</a>, whose simple, "I liked it, especially that one page" meant so much to me, and kept me going.</div>
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I hope <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="http://darlene-freeniebelle.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank">Darlene Campbell</a></span> (hi Darlene!) doesn't mind me sharing what she posted in the network:</div>
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<em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">I joined art groups, took online classes, etc which gave me the opportunity to learn skills, have meaningful conversations and build confidence through other artists who cheered my work and basically said “Keep Going We Want to See More.” If I didn’t show my work and interact with other artists I probably would’ve fizzled out.</em></div>
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<em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/darlenekcampbell/" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-verified="redactor" src="https://files.convertkitcdnm.com/assets/pictures/130390/2722811/Screen_Shot_2019-12-24_at_3.02.21_PM.png" style="border: 0px solid; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></a></em> </div>
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<em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">...Instagram has been a huge confidence builder for me. I was so scared to post my work but now I have accomplished cartoonists I dearly admire following me on a regular basis and commenting in sincere ways. Artists such as...Tom Cheney...he tells me he’s addicted to my Zebra cartoons and when there is a lapse in my posting he tells me he needs his Zebra fix</em><span class="redactor-invisible-space" data-redactor-class="redactor-invisible-space" data-redactor-tag="span" data-verified="redactor" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;"><em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">...</em></span></div>
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Seeking out those connections can be scary, I know, it is probably my biggest fear, too.</div>
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But most people aren't scary, and often the worst thing that happens when you reach out is silence.</div>
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But in the SAW support circle and other places, you can find confidence-building support, and from there, you can learn to seek more. We all need it.</div>
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Please have fun, share in the<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> <a href="https://members.sawcomics.org/" target="_blank">Mighty Network </a>and anywhere else and tag us #getseengetgood </span>...</div>
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PS - as a reminder, <em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">You can find my in-depth publishing videos here :</em><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/take/get-seen-get-good/lessons/9813205-on-publishing-and-distribution-intro" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;">https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/take/get-seen-get-good/lessons/9813205-on-publishing-and-distribution-intro</a></div>
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Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-9684862095274408672020-01-04T10:00:00.000-05:002020-01-04T10:00:00.731-05:00[Get Seen Get Good] Week 4 - A Resting Place<div class="box-white-border" style="border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #373f45; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">
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You've shown us the world, the main character, another character and a larger force- that's enough! Let's all rest!</div>
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Of course it's not really a stop, it's a pause. And a safe place for more drama to emerge.</div>
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Look at the <em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">Steve Canyon</em> panel above, how little Poteet is green with envy. That drama is brewing. It'll be there when we return to our desk.</div>
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But now, some old-fashioned fudge!</div>
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Another classic Steve Canyon, both of these mark the ends of the adventure, but are teeing up a new story. Likewise, "Daddy" Warbucks is forced to rest here, but his mind is on the next quest...</div>
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The rhythms of comic strips like these resemble the rhythms of our lives. Repetition, flux. Drama and rest. Every day a little bit old and new, struggle and relief.</div>
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Our project can be that. Our project can be life, writ large. Drawn large.</div>
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Our social media, social interaction, just a part of the story.</div>
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Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-30463534471960134392020-01-03T12:41:00.000-05:002020-01-03T12:41:23.950-05:00How to make a personal comic world. B and Fang Strip #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Comics is hard! Or Comics <b>ARE</b> hard!</div>
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This simple strip was years in the making! Almost 20! I won't go into the details of ALL 20 years, but there are some recent items worth pointing out.</div>
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The important starting place is to know that I have been wanting to create a comic strip (or comic world) that I could really allow to become deep with everything I believe and feel and wonder about. Loft goals. So I have been stuck for YEARS trying to do this. </div>
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I became marginally unstuck when I created the B. character (the guy with the spiky hair.)<a href="http://hutchowen.blogspot.com/search/label/B%20is%20Dying"> I worked with him for about a year </a>. And knew I wanted to deepen his world, and get to know his context and give him something to do, I mean except DIE.</div>
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I knew there was a woman, she was alternately Klargh, Klang, Kate Bush and then Fang. Why Fang? It seemed like a mean, dumb thing he might name her, and I want it to show how ugly he can be. Also I don't know the whole story yet. Maybe there is just some confusion there. But until we know, we assume the worst. Which is alright for now.</div>
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Then there's the thing about FORMAT. The <a href="http://hutchowen.blogspot.com/search/label/B%20is%20Dying">B. is Dying strips </a>were all a certain horizontal shape and I wanted to continue with that shape and so I kept creating page shapes that were one of those, or two of those, stacked (see above.) But I can't explain it, it never felt right. Not until I HAD to do something for the web and for swiping culture did I decide to do something Instagram sized; square panels, square page. And it feels right.</div>
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And the worst was planning and planning and making sure I knew what was going to happen. And so I made outlines and plans. I still want to be a few steps ahead, like Al Capp used to do in L'il Abner, for instance.</div>
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And then there's drawing the damn thing. An early version of this moment didn't have B doing anything.</div>
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Here, I have him reaching for a turtle. Why a turtle? Well, I'm glad you asked.</div>
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I recently turned 50, and realizing that I wasn't going to suddenly have new spiritual ideas or practices suddenly gifted to me unless I went looking for them. One thing I did, while sleeping outdoors one night, was ask the ground, the earth, whatever, if I had a spirit animal. </div>
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A turtle, a small turtle showed itself to me. This resonated (I've always loved them) and ok, I believe.</div>
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And so I decided every day to wake up believing I was guided by a turtle, and so far, it's been working wonderfully. If Alan Moore can worship a snake, I can worship a turtle (and for the same reasons, <a href="https://youtu.be/Cam2kK7J_8k">listen to his thoughts on magic and the mind.)</a></div>
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So, if I am going to make this strip and this character and this world, matter to me, let's make sure there are turtles there. I have no idea what role they will play.</div>
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So then I drew strip one sort of rushing through it because I didn't want to lose the momentum, but I didn't really have an idea for what he was saying in panels 1 and 2. When eventually I sat down to write something, the panel I drew for panel 1 (below) was inappropriate. The reaching was wrong, though I had a lot of fun drawing that hand. And I had been thinking it was kind of fun writing in the "Stan Lee method" of drawing first and writing next, I realized the writing is too important to do that. So I had to redraw panel 1.</div>
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Oh, and the smears on panel 3. MY CAT.</div>
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Panel 4 was inspired by this image of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (from T<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZbXA4lyCtqrpvtTWrHJZN0OBh9oIccwL">he Miracle Worker</a>)</div>
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Finally, Samuel Beckett. One reason B. is named what he is, and why he looks that way, is to keep Beckett at the fore in mind. Every time I draw B's hair, I am trying to touch Beckett's hair, I am re-imagining Beckett in my mind. It's a deep, mystical delight and one reason I hope not to convert my drawing process to a tablet any time soon-- I LIKE drawing B's hair slowly, ineffectively, sometimes full of mistakes, with ink. </div>
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A decade or so ago, McSweeny's Publishing published a hardcover edition (below) of the classic underground autobiographical comic (above; and often cited as the first autobio comic, but it isn't exactly...) <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">Binky Brown and the Holy Virgin Mary</em></span> by Justin Green.</div>
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This comic was about the author's struggle with maintaining his pure thoughts in the face of puberty and his attraction to Holy Mary. It was all 100% Catholic Guilt and Fear and absolutely full of grim, gritty struggle.</div>
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Loads of white-out, eraser marks, re-drawn areas, etc. Every effort to get a line, shape or face right...</div>
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We can make this choice in our sharing. We can share the "clean version", or the more "human version." Both are good, both are valuable. The "clean version" may transcend our ordinary existence. The "human version" may validate it.</div>
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We need both in the world.</div>
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Share what you doing in the<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> <a href="https://members.sawcomics.org/" target="_blank">Mighty Network</a></span>... I'm there too.</div>
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Next email in a day or two, and you can always find me in the network!</div>
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It's ok to say, "I don't know what's going on, I'm trying to manifest this stuff, I'm trying to grow this seed." In fact, often people love that stuff the best!</div>
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Let yourself not know what you are doing. Show sketches, notes, thoughts.</div>
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My former student Maddie says, "<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">The work wants to get made through you."</span></div>
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Did you see the video for this section? It's here: <a href="https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/take/get-seen-get-good/lessons/9812997-week-3-show-sketches" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;">https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/take/get-seen-get-good/lessons/9812997-week-3-show-sketches</a></div>
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I'm working on this stuff now too with "B. and Fang". You'll see my attempts to do these same exercises NOW and other examples in the<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> Mighty Network at </span><a href="https://members.sawcomics.org/">https://members.sawcomics.org/</a></div>
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Cheers!</div>
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He's super good at this stuff!</div>
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<b> <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px;">Get Seen Get Good!</span></b></div>
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Let's continue to enlarge our world by introducing larger forces to our 2 or more characters. <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">(This works for autobio and non-fiction too!)</span></div>
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I remember asking Steve Weissman who made the amazing <em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;"><span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Yikes!</span></em> series of comics (and does tons of stuff now too) how he managed to write so many great stories and he said "oh I just always add a new threat and have lots of shifting alliances."</div>
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<em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">That summary of story-generation was revelatory to me.</em></div>
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And I never got good at the "shifting alliances" that he was so good at (his characters were all kids so they were constantly switching sides...) but I learned about introducing threats.</div>
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Here's a few strips when the corporate forces were starting to create "Rebelville" in Hutch's junkyard...</div>
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I'm working on this stuff now too with "B. and Fang". You'll see my attempts to do these same exercises NOW and other examples in the<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> Mighty Network</span>...</div>
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PS - as a reminder, if you are in the course, y<em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">ou can find my in-depth publishing videos here if you are in a hurry:</em><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/take/get-seen-get-good/lessons/9813205-on-publishing-and-distribution-intro" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;">https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/take/get-seen-get-good/lessons/9813205-on-publishing-and-distribution-intro</a></div>
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Let's get our work out there more.</div>
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I remember Aidan Koch, who LOVES Instagram and LOVED Tumblr came to SAW and showed her deep, deep interest in #hashtags. At the time I didn't get it. She and her housemates had a pet cat named Turtle, and they would post with the hastag <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">#turtleupdate</span> all the time.</div>
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She delighted in the fact that if you searched for #turtleupdate you might wind up with HER CAT, just for fun, injecting these little glimpses of their cat life into the small stream of people following looking for turtles .</div>
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Our goals are a little less silly, we want to BE SEEN.</div>
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Some good hashtags to investigate might be #economiccrisis, #economy, #socialjustice, #fightthesystem #immigration #occupy and sure, #comics, #comicstrips, #artistsofinstagram etc. But we want to be seen by people <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">interested in our topics</span>, not just our medium.</div>
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I did it before Instagram existed and before I understood hashtags, but today I would include #taxrelief #deathtax #taxes and certainly #grovernorquist (my old nemesis) and I dunno, I'd research a few too. Would I get more followers? I might. 1 or 2. The important thing is getting enmeshed in the culture a little more. </div>
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And then we should INVENT a hashtag or two, maybe for the strip above #nodiapertax ("No Diaper Tax".)</div>
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I use #bisdying on my "B is Dying" strips. I'm pretty sure no one else is using it. That's just one way of narrowing my own focus inside my own stream.</div>
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Have fun! POST YOUR WORK with the #getseengetgood ! I'll find you there, thanks!</div>
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<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">What are we doing here? This will allow people to follow the hashtag, for us to focus our own work, and people's attention in the way we want, and also include ourselves in the tapestry of the culture.</span><span data-redactor-tag="span" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div>
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When I turned Hutch Owen into a comic strip, I knew it was an effort to expand the world, and the characters. To try to know more about my own invention. Even still, I didn't know how to go forward. I just added stuff.</div>
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I remember sending to the late, great Tom Spurgeon, who himself was a <a href="https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Wildwood_(comic)" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;">great comic strip writer</a>, and he told me still wasn't really "getting" this Oswald character. As always, I never realized that what was in my head wasn't coming across in the work.</div>
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Here's an old strip with Oswald. He's just commenting, he's not really a part of any action. (It's a pretty funny strip, but does nothing for Oswald, on the right.)</div>
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So to Tom's advice, I set to make just 5 strips (1 week's worth) doing exactly what I suggested to yesterday:</div>
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Here are the strips I made:</div>
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And by putting him up against the same forces the others were against, he began to become defined..</div>
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(By the way, you can see lots of my strips, here, on go-comics: <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/hutch-owen" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1155cc; transition: all 150ms ease-out 0s;">https://www.gocomics.com/hutch-owen</a>)</div>
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I'll be doing these same exercises NOW in the present moment in the<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_972287860">Mighty Network</a></span><a href="https://members.sawcomics.org/">...</a></div>
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These entries are part of the <a href="https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/get-seen-get-good">Get Seen Get Good online course. Come join me!</a></div>
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Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-34693367670182946942019-12-30T14:38:00.002-05:002020-01-12T23:10:47.815-05:00Get Seen Get Good - A little history with my character<div class="box-white" style="border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #373f45; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">
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<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;">A Get Seen Get Good History!</span></b></div>
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When I invented my first real character, he was scribbled in the corner of a notebook.</div>
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He'd been wanting to emerge a long time, I think, starting out as a ratty version of myself.</div>
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And then finally, when he was his own person and I put him in his first story, he looked like this.</div>
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The point being? I never knew what I was doing! I just <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">kept going</span>. And I certainly wasn't <span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">"GOOD."</em></span></div>
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<span data-redactor-tag="strong" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><em data-redactor-tag="em" style="border: 0px solid rgb(220, 225, 229); box-sizing: inherit;">I kept going deeper and farther, trying to learn and trying to let these characters and stories emerge.</em></span></div>
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Support like people doing the same thing as me.</div>
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Tools, like reading about story structure, or going back to drawing classes...</div>
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But being seen was so important. Attention is consciousness. Attention is love, attention is a force. Pay attention to other work, attract attention to you own, let that force work through you in your next steps.</div>
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Want to have fun getting your work out there and better? <b>Check out <a href="https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/get-seen-get-good" target="_blank">Get Seen Get Good over at our online courses!</a></b><br />
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Tom Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527549.post-76374388913014015052019-12-20T05:23:00.001-05:002020-01-12T23:11:49.848-05:00Get Seen, Party Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was starting, I made stories with characters. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t really know what a story</b></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>was, or what a character was,</b> so I just made it up as I went along. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It worked ok.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was concentrating on Getting SEEN.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I put out mini-comic after mini-comic of nutty work </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I never need a reason to make a comic, but if there was one, it would spur me on. My favorite reason was when Julie Doucet moved to town, I made this comic...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Inspired by her, it featured 4 different stories in different styles. I wasn’t really good at</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">any of them. That’s ok. I was saying “I am here!” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So in that mini-comic, for instance, a few stories came from dreams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One was just letting my mind create a dialogue between a sad, vulnerable version of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">myself and someone smarter than me but I couldn’t trust. I liked that comic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also tried to know if I hit my limit. Most stories I had a terrible time ending.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tried and tried to get the joke (which I also dreamed) on the last page to fit in a story, or extend past one page, but I couldn't. I put it on the inside back cover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Getting Seen for me, was about saying "I am here" but also, "this is a gift."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This last part is important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In my work, even at its silliest, I tried to be truthful... </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tried to be honest, and I tried to go far, at least into my own humanity (I didn't know "getting good" would help at this.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>We can't always know if our gifts will be accepted. </b></span><br />
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<text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="14.531982421875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #3d464d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" textlength="454.535957336426" x="73.2159957885742" y="-692.368041992188">I showed up at a party welcoming Julie to town, I had copies of my comic in hand and </text><text class="_3ziulaHePS" data-test="textbox" direction="ltr" height="14.531982421875" lengthadjust="spacingAndGlyphs" style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #3d464d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" textlength="128.255989074707" x="72.484001159668" y="-678.567993164062">gave them to everyone.</text><br />
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