Sunday, October 02, 2011

Introduction

A while ago, my mother stumbled across some blog of a man who created an artistic skull a day. This tugged on some sort of wild hair of hers and she has been trying to get her own creative 365-days-of... thing going on for fun.

I, myself, don't go an entire day without creating something. Be it a photo, a painting, writing, a meal presented nice and pretty on a plate or even just an impromptu piece of art made from a straw wrapper and other utensils on the table at a restaurant, I'm always creating something. That said, I was interested in following the footsteps of Mr. Skull Man and my mother.

It could have been very simple for me to just say "365 Expressions" and leave it to random art I decided to create for the day. But that isn't exactly my exacting nature. So it has taken some time to come up with something I really think might stick.

And this is how it came to me: Mom and I are besties. Besties who have very different minds. So, something that I may think is perfectly brilliant in its originality, she will say, could use some work in the x or y of an area. Or, when she tells me of a statement she would like to express in some painting or mosaic she'd like to do, my ideas of how to express that concept are always completely different.

I wrote a poem the other night, thinking it was pure genius. I'll admit, I did hear in my head, before presenting my mother with the poem read aloud by yours truly, a little gasping and applause in response. I did not receive this reaction, but rather a look of thought, a moment of silence, and then the question: "do you want me to be your mother or your editor?"

Long story short, it arose in my mind that it would be fun to take one poem that I penned and, over 365 days, edit it daily, changing it into something new. It could be completely different or only slightly so. But I think it should be fun.

So, if you'd like to follow along and see what happens and where this little concept goes, please do. If not, I'll just have all of the fun without you!

1 comment:

  1. I have been reading so far and I almost feel like I am reading porn LOL

    it it so interesting to see how it changes

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