What I learned from my 365 days project?
I started Carbonara for Breakfast because I knew I had to escape restlessness. And worry. And impatience. I tend to follow every shiny object and become restless. I tend to worry about things I can't control. I am awfully impatient. 2015 sounded resless, impatient and worrying even before she was born. I bought some 25 markers over the period of 3 months - nice bright colors and mellow, pale dusky roses and vanillas. I had everything. How will I do this?
Why will I do this? I will do it also because...because I need to get into coloring/painting things I am drawing. I had no idea if that was the road to rediscover the painting process (it wasn't). I created a blog in December, I intensely thought about things I should draw - made some lists (my life is a list), started seeing how those pretty Promarkers work and the 1st of January still hit me totally unprepared. I spent two hours doodling and coloring and wandering if... if this is it. Well, it was. You need to post it now. You promised yourself. DO IT! I pressed post. I posted it. It was there.
I drew food because everybody else was posting food everywhere. Instagram, facebook, twitter... Well. I will draw food. Boom. What I ate. Or what I love to eat. Or what I need to eat.
Day after day I tried to create magic - and as with everything in life - some days you are more overwhelmed to create, some days you are less. I think one can see how much energy and love, and passion went in a drawing. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I could go through every drawing and conclude if I was in a bad mood. If I was in a good mood. If I hated myself for starting the project. Or if I celebrated my... persistency.
When I go thought it now, now after 365 drawing, the whole year flashes in front of my eyes. What I ate, when, what I drank and who did I drink it with and where...I can see where I traveled, how much love was shared and how many important people I know. Important for my heart, obviously.
This is the list of the things I learned:
1/ This project you are doing only for yourself aka Haters gonna hate
2/ Every day you are getting better and better in something aka Why are you doing this at all?
3/ I can change the drawing style whenever I want to aka Reinvent yourself when you get bored
4/ It is easier to hide behind a fake name
5/ Passion is obvious aka Either you're in or you're out.
6/ If you work hard nice people will come your way aka If you work hard nice people will come your way
These drawings here are my favourite drawings from the first six months of project.
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