I was supposed to meet my teacher here at 11 today. But the library is
closed for three days. I’ve gotten so used to spending my mornings in
the library, I don’t quite know what to do with myself. So here I sit,
enjoying the sunshine. I’ve been feeling pretty crappy this week. Today
I feel almost back to normal. I’m raring to get started on my writing
class. I suppose I’ll just have to get myself started. One thing I’ve
been thinking about. Why is it that my weblog is the only daily activity
I’ve been able to maintain. I think its because it is easy to post
things. Also there’s little pressure to perform. Sure I’d like to say
something interesting every day, but I set some rules for myself that
boring is better than nothing. Maybe I should apply the same rules to
something else. Sketching for instance. What if I just give myself a
rule that every day I put a mark down in the same book. Doesn’t have to
be a masterpiece, it just has to be. I can use any medium I want, pen,
pencil, collage, fabric, whatever. Just as long as I put something down.
So that is my new goal. Lets see if I can make it stick. I wanted to
create a book over the summer of drawings, but I put so much pressure on
myself to perform, that I stopped trying. So here I am removing
pressure.