How I'm Doing: #100daysproject

I started this project later than most. My first collage went up on Instagram May 27th and I've completed my first 30. There are now 75 days left in the year (??!!) and I have 70 collages to make.

Over the weekend I got caught up with the new podcast How She Creates and decided to use the #5minutesofcollage idea to help me complete this project. This was a result of the conversation during the second episode that featured Katie Licht and Lauren Caterson.

My paper scraps are all in small containers and it'll be a nice challenge to rummage through them to quickly make a collage without second guessing myself. I'm also trying to trust my artistic intuition so I think this will be a great excersize for that as well.

It's Never to Late, Right?

I used to have the mindset: "Better never than late." You know, instead of the usual saying.  I always associated being late with getting unwanted attention and I was never comfortable with that. Now I realize that this isn't the best mindset to have. It stops you from experiencing. 

So I am changing things up. I'm starting a blog! Mostly for myself. I want a way to document my creative process. Why I make the decisions I do concerning my artistic choices. Looking back on art I made in college, I find my asking why I went a certain way with the project and it would be nice to have a place to document those decisions. That's if I can even get those thoughts into words . . . 

I started the popular #100dayproject about 40 days late. My old self would NEVER do this and would just wait until next year and thus miss out on an awesome opportunity to create. Since I'm starting late, I'm also making my own rules (quietly rebelling here). So my goal is to make 100 4x4.5 inch collages before the end of the year with no pressure to make them during 100 consecutive days. 

And no pressure for the blog either. I'll most likely be posting at least once a week. Especially when the new season of Get Messy Art Journal starts. Other than that, I'll post if I have other projects going on.