How's it Going?

We are 20 days into the new year which means I'm 20 days into my Obsession into Creation project. I've been thinking about how much harder it is turning out to be than I thought. Who knew it would be so difficult to be obsessed with a new thing every day? Surely not me, but that is part of the challenge. I will admit that I've missed 3 days so far, and have not always followed my 5 rules perfectly either. But this project is going to span over the entire year (!!!) so baby steps I say! My goal for February is to NOT MISS ANY DAYS. It is the shortest month of them all, so that should be pretty doable, right?

A little visual recap on some of the obsessions so far:

 

My New Best Friend

Today I'm #OBSESSED with the one and only ROOKIE MAG !!!!!! Rookie Mag is an online publication for teenage girls, ran by 15-year-old Tavi Gevinson. Sounds simple enough, but the difference between Rookie and other publications is its unique (can be replaced with awesome) point of view. The staff is comprised of a bunch of real-life ladies (and a couple cool dudes) from all over the world and they just say what we are all thinking and somehow know really valid things to write about.For example, the piece An Actually Useful Article for Dressing for a Party gets real about what is important to consider when dressing up to go out, emphasizing what the night's goal is rather than what is like "so hot right now".
4monthsatsea definitely wants to be something even remotely similar to Rookie Mag when it grows up.

In addition to their super relevant/interesting/fun articles, Rookie has great visuals! I'm in love with Minna Gilligan's  kitschy collages, among the other fun illustrations and photographs.

Go For the GOLD

Alright people! 2012 is here whether we are ready for it or not. That means Obsession into Creation (#OBSESSED) begins today.
The obsession of the day is GOLD. The color, the substance, and all that it symbolizes, because I want 2012 to be a golden year. I'm getting older and I need/want to start really become an adult person in society. I've got my eyes set on success for the coming year. 2012 will be bright, productive, and happy! And I wish the same for everyone else as well.
Instagram photo!!!

P.s. this post was written on an iPad! Cool right?? But I'm having trouble figuring out how to grab the link for my images on this thing! How unprofessional of me!

3-6-5 Project, Amy Style

So, we've all seen/heard of examples of different types of 3-6-5 projects, photo-a-day, sketch-a-day, a collection-a-day, etc. etc. I've always found it really interesting and amazing that people are able to maintain the discipline to keep their projects going all year. Inspired by the various unique 3-6-5 projects I've seen, I've decided that this coming year I will begin one of my own. I've been thinking about what I want to do for the last few weeks. I didn't want to do just a general photo/sketch a day because I find that the most challenging part is figuring out what to take a picture of or what exactly to draw. That can lead to images of mundane things like your dog every other day, or spoons sitting on the table. I'm sure your dog is cute and the spoons do look interesting, but I just don't feel the meaning in that. I'm also a big "theme" person, so I wanted my project to be more specific. This is what I came up with:

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a VERY obsessive nature. When I find something I like, I REALLY LIKE IT. A LOT. This past term I discovered one way to take an obsession and turn it into something useful (instead of something that just distracts me from other important/necessary things). In the year 2012 I will document one obsession for the day and accompany it with some kind of creation. To keep myself on track and guided I've come up with a few rules.

Rules:
1. One obsession per day. This can be as general as "cats" or as specific as "the dress Betty Draper wore in Episode 3 of Season 2 of Mad Men".
2. I must tweet about the obsession. This will require me to express myself in at least a sentence or two.
3. Each obsession must be accompanied by something visual. This can be a photograph, vector illustration, collage, sketch in my sketchbook, word-web, etc, etc. The whole point of this project is to exercise my creative muscles and express myself visually.
4. I can't repeat any obsessions. At the end of the year I want to have 365 different ones!
5. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!