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331 - Heartache

I looked back at my early tentative steps in envelope art from early on in the 365 and then looked at this. I can hardly believe how far I've come.

With only 35 left to go I feel like a long journey is coming to an end, but feel like I've grown as an artist. I can barely believe that I looked at this piece and didn't feel daunted. I'm really pleased with that

6 comments:

Yeah Andy! One becomes all reflective when the end is in sight. Great stuff!


It's true Rebecca. As I get closer I feel both a sense of relief and a sense of impending loss. I think that when you do a project like this you need to look for ways to integrate the process into your everyday routine, and now this feels like a part of me.


That is exactly how I felt. It needs to be more not extra and I thought hard about how I would take my 'lessons learnt' from mailart out into the world with me. The truth is mailart feels more like fun and process than it did when I HAD to do my 365 but I needed to do the 365 in order to get to that place. Be interested to know how you feel in a few months' time.


Wow 331 and counting. Fascinating what daily mailart teaches you. As you can see it's become a last thing of the day routine for me most days and I like that. Very satisfying what you can achieve if you just keep chipping away at something. Well done again Rebecca and well done very soon Andy
: > )


PS heartache no. 331 caught that head-in-hands moment really well : > )


I think you've got it there Rebecca. Although I haven't been that disciplined, I have found that the 365 keeps me making and making and that now I approach my art fearlessly. It gets me to "that point" where the creation of art is a natural process, which for me it hasn't been up til now. I guess I've always needed a motivation, and for 2 years I've had "I've got to get to 365 pieces" as my motivation. As I reach the conclusion, I find that now the motivation is just to make art. You end up putting less emphasis on the 365 and more on the making


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