Rituals – The 100 Day Project

Happy New Year! I kicked off 2021 by committing to the 100 Day Project. The idea is to do something creative everyday for 100 consecutive days. I have chosen to work on paper with watercolour and collage using swimmers as my theme. Swimmers represent to me the crossover between land and water and the conscious and the subconscious. (Incidentally I taught myself to swim front crawl last year as the pool remains open and I am loving it).

Getting up early I complete a swimmer before I do anything else in the day. I light a candle and put on classical music and it has become such an enjoyable daily ritual. I am really allowing myself to experiment with each piece. These won’t be posted on social media as I don’t want any pressure to produce something insta-perfect. The project doesn’t officially start until Jan 31st but I started early and I am currently on day 19.  I have already seen a progression in the work – the progression is definitely not linear though. Some days they work out and some days they don’t. On the days when they don’t work out I try and remind myself that I allowed myself to experiment and that is just as valuable as having a lovely finished piece!