A Bit of An Explanation

I am going to try something new – or at least new for me – with this blog.  I have looked at a number of blogs where people have committed to doing something every day for a year or for another long period of time, such as paint a picture or take a new photograph.  I love this concept, but I am not good with commitment – I am not even a fan of commitment.  However I do like a little structure along with a bit of a challenge.    So rather than try to do something for a year – which sounds overwhelmingly daunting to me - I thought that 30 days would be a semi-reasonable amount of time to try to do something.   After the 30 days were over, I can move on to something else.

In April I worked on 30 days of habits – adding a new one or revising an old one each day.  In May I worked on identifying what I believe and meditating and journaling on each item.  Then I thought it might be interesting to try to do a 30 Day Challenge and blog about it.  I made a surprisingly long list of things that I would like to do.  I finally decided on the one that I will do for June.  So for June (which also happens to be my birthday month), I am going to make one Artist Trading Card (ATC) every day.

An ATC is a piece of art that is 2 ½ inches by 3 ½ inches – the size of the bubble gum trading cards you may have bought as a child.  They are usually collected and traded – shared, not sold.  The 2 ½ by 3 ½ size is a small canvas for the artist to use to express a specific concept or just see where this small blank slate takes you.  The size also allows them to be stored in the trading card page protectors you can buy for a 3 ring notebook, 

So let’s see how long I can keep this up.  :)