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| Day 14: Castle |
This week as I’ve been drawing I have
continued to muse about time. Not time in the indexing of memories or
the future plans sort of time. Now, this week, it has been less of a
question of where did the time go and more of a question of how did I
not see all this time before?
I’ve been trying out new things. No
doubt. I find it funny that since August, I’ve been doing creative
challenges that do no need a computer. Sure, the photography
challenge and subsequent photobook in August needed a little
tinkering with InDesign, but it wasn’t necessary. And the poetry book
I did in September, much like Inktober, didn’t even require
electricity.
I find the time I spend on these lofi
activities makes me feel a certain way. It’s like I can spend a
couple of hours watching a movie on Netflix or endless YouTube videos
and when I’m done, I feel tired, but I can’t sleep. I feel wound up
and exhausted. But, if I spend the same amount of time drawing or
writing in my notebook or reading, I feel relaxed and sleepy. It
probably has something to do with being wired a certain way, I have
no scientific proof. By the anecdotal evidence is profound.
Going into the final days of Inktober,
I don’t know if I’m ready for it to en