I just celebrated my birthday last week. In the days leading up to it, I had a chance to reflect on things done and those not yet accomplished. And while it was not a milestone birthday, it was a big enough number (one of those numbers that when you were a kid you would have said "man, you are old") that it caught my attention and got me thinking.
In my creative journey I have more ideas I want to create and expose to the world than it seems I have time to make them materialize. Let me rephrase that I have the time but seem to be lacking the commitment to actually finish. I'm sure my friends and family are tired of hearing me say what I'm going to start to work on next. Well`at least I know that I am. So I'm embarking on a personal journey to prove to myself that I can actually do this. What is this? That I can create, produce and finish a completed piece in a reasonable amount of time. So my challenge to myself is to produce a piece a week for the next year. 52 weeks in a year - 52 completed pieces.
Here is my piece for week one. It might be a little bit of a cheat since I have been working on this since April. But, hey, it is finished and I am so proud of the workmanship and even the time it took as it inspired my challenge.
Petite table made out of walnut perched on a whimsical bird's foot. Fitting as this quote resonates.
"if things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too." -Dr. Seuss
Week 1
Week 1