Mission, vision, goals. SMART goals. Resolutions. Productivity Alchemy. Planners, Oh My!<\/p>\n
I’m still working out what my 2019 goals\/plans include. The daydream list includes all sorts of things. I intentionally am leaving the verbs out of the art-focused pile below, because this is the patchwork of hopes in my head. If I pick 3 and put a verb to them (e.g., “Complete 3 of…” “Scan all of…” “Assemble finals into a …” ) will you help hold me accountable?<\/p>\n
Daydreams for art-me Questions<\/strong> Mission, vision, goals. SMART goals. Resolutions. Productivity Alchemy. Planners, Oh My! I’m still working out what my 2019 goals\/plans include. The daydream list includes all sorts of things. I intentionally am leaving the verbs out of the art-focused pile below, because this is the patchwork of hopes in my head.… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-eN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":343,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/returning-to-the-spiral-new-year-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":917,"position":0},"title":"returning to the spiral: new year 2016","author":"Kir","date":"1 January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been inspired recently. 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<\/strong>* smoother linework in both ink and digital
* bigger images
* unfinished paintings (or throw them away)
* the Tiny Tin project
* the Oddly Exotic Alphabet project \u00a0
* my great-grandfather’s drawers
* nib pens
* watercolor practice
* Bird Whisperer
* pre-post all Patreon
* Lullabye
* Gabby’s Dragon<\/p>\n
Should I try another craft fair? A show? Art in a cafe? Should I focus more on other aspects of my life?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"