Seventy Three.
This week's challenge in Project SoulPancake is called Art at Arm's Reach. It goes a little something like this:
STEP ONE
Scavenge around your desk, barstool, couch cushions for anything handy. And we mean anything: paper clips, poker chips, fake eyelashes, junk mail, bullet casings.
STEP TWO
CREATE ART.
STEP THREE
Bask in your artistic brilliance.
Repeat as desired.
I can't even begin to tell you how therapeutic this was. As a kid, I always loved arts and crafts. In fact, there is still, to this day, a craft box in my parents' basement that's filled with all sorts of random odds and ends. Toilet paper rolls, toothpicks, cotton balls, q-tips, acorns, popsicle sticks, string, empty bandaid tins, glitter, glue, stickers...anything and everything my mom thought I could possibly want to use. And on rainy days or really any day where I was bored and looking for something to do, my mom would pull out the craft box and I'd make something. I'd forgotten how much fun it is. To just completely focus your attention and energy onto creating.
And really, I guess that's what my photography is to me these days. That tiny slice of my day devoted to nothing but me and whatever I can dream up and create. I think that's why I love it so much. It's my time to get away from whatever else is bothering me and channel my energy into something that is purely mine.
But after this little challenge, I think I may be putting aside some time to do crafts again too. Now I understand why Joel is getting so much out of his Made Project.
Special thanks to Shannon who gave me this tin of monkey mints. And to my favorite wine (Good Harbor Fishtown White) for providing me with the cork. :)
Project SoulPancake - Week Two: Art at Arm's Reach
Seventy Three.
This week's challenge in Project SoulPancake is called Art at Arm's Reach. It goes a little something like this:
STEP ONE
Scavenge around your desk, barstool, couch cushions for anything handy. And we mean anything: paper clips, poker chips, fake eyelashes, junk mail, bullet casings.
STEP TWO
CREATE ART.
STEP THREE
Bask in your artistic brilliance.
Repeat as desired.
I can't even begin to tell you how therapeutic this was. As a kid, I always loved arts and crafts. In fact, there is still, to this day, a craft box in my parents' basement that's filled with all sorts of random odds and ends. Toilet paper rolls, toothpicks, cotton balls, q-tips, acorns, popsicle sticks, string, empty bandaid tins, glitter, glue, stickers...anything and everything my mom thought I could possibly want to use. And on rainy days or really any day where I was bored and looking for something to do, my mom would pull out the craft box and I'd make something. I'd forgotten how much fun it is. To just completely focus your attention and energy onto creating.
And really, I guess that's what my photography is to me these days. That tiny slice of my day devoted to nothing but me and whatever I can dream up and create. I think that's why I love it so much. It's my time to get away from whatever else is bothering me and channel my energy into something that is purely mine.
But after this little challenge, I think I may be putting aside some time to do crafts again too. Now I understand why Joel is getting so much out of his Made Project.
Special thanks to Shannon who gave me this tin of monkey mints. And to my favorite wine (Good Harbor Fishtown White) for providing me with the cork. :)
Project SoulPancake - Week Two: Art at Arm's Reach