Day 4
I completed ALL of yesterday’s goals in seven 90 minute work blocks and a field trip. My walk was only to and from my car and at art shows but I left HQ for a bit and I’m making the rules here; sometimes getting outside your box is good enough. Feels weird to photograph @TheRingOfDOOM in Seattle galleries where people may recognize me from my previous incarnations which is exactly why I should be doing it. All of my life experience has led me here and I should be proud of my journey even if I’m a broke 40 year old woman with a clay figurine and a tech deck in my pocket. Still convinced that by studying the Visual Art world and learning how to promote my own art, I’ll be able to help musicians and other artists get out of struggle mode and into a place where their infinite potential is within reach. I’ve been in struggle mode for six years due to my upside down car loan/working in the music industry/trying to live alone in Seattle (Happy Recent 100,000 Mile Birthday Car!) and have only been able to make my life work with the overuse of credit cards which my delusional optimism can justify as investments in myself with truly terrible interest rates. Can’t wait to see what myself and others can do when we’re not in a constant panic about Bezosian Rent Warfare and the state of our country.
@claude206 Art as seen at Photon Factory
@acodd03 as seen at Photon Factory
Since I’ve stopped applying for the very few jobs I actually want out of fear that I’ll lose respect for my heroes when they fail to recognize my genius… again and I no longer can stomach working alongside people who falsely assume they’re permanently trapped in their current reality, I have no choice but to be my own boss. If I work even half as hard toward my own goals as I have for evil corporations, I will get everywhere fast but since I must start somewhere, I started with Etsy. I will be cutting out the middleman and selling art on my own site very, very soon but for now I’m selling belt buckles, patches, and zines on my Etsy page (90 minute work block win). I haven’t paid a bill late yet but if I don’t start bringing in some fundage in the next couple weeks, that is a strong possibility. I’ve been cooking up some crazy ideas of how to creatively sell the artwork I created for #100DaysOfTheRingOfDOOMCollages and can’t wait to show you how they develop.
Yesterday’s curiosity about how to get to five figure art prices was explored with this video about Kaws and his empire while gluing pieces of water… Complex’s The Blueprint series has so many gems.
In my seventh 90 minute work block yesterday, I poured the resin on another layer of collages which always feels like a win; metaphorical and otherwise. One of the hardest parts about being single for so long is making decisions alone. For most of my life, I let others choose my destiny and I spent decades following others around but when I finally started making decisions for myself, my world got much more interesting. To me, every resin pour means that I’ve made a bunch of creative decisions and ran with it. Taking the time to discover what I must run toward has been truly priceless and I now find myself happily sprinting toward my distant destination in confidence I will find health insurance, financial stability, and like-minded optimists along the way.
Today’s Goals
1. Drink 64 oz. water
2. Go For A Walk
3. Stretch at least 10 minutes
4. One Post On Website… Shared (post on all four blogs on Medium also)
5. 2-3 Instagram Posts Per Account @206liz @TheRingOfDOOM @MyDefOfCool
6. 90 Minute work block of Adult Swim series proposal
7. 90 Minute work block of @TheRingOfDOOM video set building
Song Of The Day
James Blake – “Put That Away And Talk To Me” 2016