jojojo<p>A year ago today, on my 50th birthday, I am embarked on an endeavor to draw every day for a year. I did it. I only missed a few days, when I was really sick and one time when I was camping. I wanted to do this because I know I am most productive when I’m held accountable, even if the accountability I feel from others is an illusion (I know none of you all would be mad at me if I missed some days!) I also wanted to push myself to be free with my drawings, less precious, looser. I wanted to see how my digital drawing style would change if I really stuck to it. I wanted to learn what I really loved drawing, rather than what I thought I should draw. I wanted to get more vulnerable with my drawings and push myself to share them, even if I wasn’t sure I wanted to. I wanted to see how my activist work would show up in my drawings. (That last one is still not happening enough to my satisfaction and I want to keep working on that.)</p><p>I’m not sure I can keep up another <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/draweveryday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>draweveryday</span></a> streak for another year. I also write music and poetry and that has kinda fallen to the wayside, so I might want to focus on that this year. Then again, my brain sure does cling to a routine, so… so here’s a lizard! I’m going to try to let myself have some days off and be less rigid with it, but I think you can expect more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drawalmosteveryday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawalmosteveryday</span></a> posts. </p><p>Day 1 of year 51. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lizard</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/draw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>draw</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/birthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthday</span></a></p>