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Artober, and the Power of Putting Your Focus In a Specific Place

A Catherine Noon

I decided this year to participate in the Instagram art festival #artober. Simply put, the idea behind these kinds of challenges is to practice your art on a regular basis – sometimes daily, as I’m interpreting it, but not always. You could do #artober weekly or even, if you chose, monthly. Posters put pictures of their art on their Instagram feed and follow others who are doing the same.  That can be a lot of fun because you get inspiration for other pieces and meet a lot of really interesting artists in the process.

There are prompts, but I don’t always use them.  As you can see from this post, I chose to go a different direction. The prompt for this day was “Ecstasy,” which didn’t really speak to me. I happened to listen to a broadcast by theologian and scholar Starhawk about power, and voila. My piece.

I decided on Day 3 to play with faux calligraphy, which uses a regular fine-point pen to draw calligraphy, rather than relying on a nib for the characteristic thick-and-thin.

I do my pieces on the fly, and don’t overthink them. That’s one of the key pieces to a challenge like this that works for me: go fast, don’t think, don’t edit, just make.

I also use hashtags connected to my art, such as #calligraphy, #fauxcalligraphy, and of course, I tag each piece #artober and #artober2020.

What about you, Dear Reader? What are some of the things on which you’re choosing to place your focus?

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Artober, and the Power of Putting Your Focus In a Specific Place — 5 Comments

  1. self care, getting plenty of sleep, mediation, and allwoing myself to discovermore creative outlets

    • That sounds great! I think “allowing” is a superpower. A lot of our problems come from self-imposed blocks, and when we clear that out we can accomplish more than we ever thought we could.

  2. Poop, can’t see any of the images. With our days getting longer and warmer it is much harder to sit at my desk after work hours, but as soon as the Barbarians summer holidays start I plan on spending time everyday on a craft item.

  3. Beautiful art! I love the idea of creating without limiting yourself. Let your imagination flow. I’ve written more this year than ever before. Nowhere to go so no interruptions.

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