about daily drawings

i originally started the practice of daily drawings in 2005:  ink drawings on paper; paper of random sizes.

 i returned to daily drawings in 2009, with the project starting off three-fold: photographs of anything in the studio, sumi ink drawings on multiple kozo scrolls and one watercolor a day, fixed paper size. the daily photographs became hit and miss. i changed my rules midstream to include  make-up daily drawings based on journal entries.  i started keeping a journal.

i’m continuing the practice of daily drawings in 2010, two-fold now. to start: walnut ink drawings on found paper, starting with a stack of old computer punch cards.  the second part: typed text on used tea bags, the kind you can stuff yourself.  the text reflects some thought(s) of the day. i don’t know what i’ll do with the thoughts or the teabags once i have a stack of them. probably start drawing on them. or tie a string around each month and see if they stand up.  i’ve started taking photographs again. not just of the studio this time.

in reviewing the daily drawings and texts from year to year, i’m surprised to notice how things keep cycling around. like the hawk that came and sat in our dogwood tree this year. last year, a similar hawk came just around the same time.

part of the 2010 project is on this blog:  minus the typed teabags and the occasional photographs. i suspect that feeling overwhelmed by technology’s keeping me out of the studio, so i’m tossing the idea of posting the full sequence of all my daily drawings.  random texts from the past two projects are part of the 2010 postings. in time i’ll put all the daily drawings on my website.

now, there’s no daily necessity. i’m just trying to see where this project ends up.

i’m noticing though, and occasionally remembering. which is what this project is about.

thanks for reading along and for sending your comments.