Category Archives: creativity

Dec12

Drawing on the other side

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Drawing on the other side
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I recently had to quit my RA-meds, again. The side-effects (loss of appetite, moodswings, headache, and extra hairloss) got so bad that I couldn’t take it anymore. My doctor and I discussed it and we decided to take a break from medication and see how that goes.

So far, not as fabulous as I hoped. Pains and swellings have returned, minor ones so far. This did however gave me an incentive to train my other hand some more. I’ve done this off and on the past few years and decided to make a bigger effort now. I have cooked (mostly) with the other hand, even chopping veggies, and I did some sketches for my Inkblobs. They don’t look very well but they also don’t look too bad. I can’t seem to draw circles yet, and my ‘straight’ lines look like bacon strips.

It’ll take a while ;)

Nov6

More drawings from / with the Inkling

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More drawings from / with the Inkling

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This afternoon I made some drawings with the Inkling. I sketched some drawings on paper and then transferred them to my computer. I had to figure out how Inkscape works again, but in general, it went smooth and fast.

I think it will help in more easily converting sketches to digital drawings. I like!

Oct27

Stop! Project-time!

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Stop! Project-time!
Stop! Project-time!

November awaits just around the corner of this week, and traditionally, in November I do Nanowrimo. Okay, not every year, most years since 2001 or so. This year I decided to participate again and I have not started anything yet. I'll see where it takes me.

I've also registered for the Sketchbookproject 2012 and hopefully this year I'll get the notebook in time so I can do a little bit often and fill the whole thing up :)

Looking forward to both projects.

Jun21

Little books

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Little books
Filled up IBC003 and started IBC004

I have filled up three little books with my Inkblobs. The fourth has the writing on the outside and no drawings yet.

I think I’ll fill it up pretty soon and then on to the fifth. And a sixth, and probably a seventh and so on.

Clearing out my bookshelves, just in case I have lots of them next year. One has to prepare for these things :)

Mar2

Step 1: refuse

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Step 1: refuse

I got into a bit of a drawing-funk and as soon as I mentioned it, it got better. Funny how that works.

Recently, I've re-injected some of my focus and energy into creating less waste. I (briefly) participated in [Rodale's Plastic Free Challenge][1] (in February) and researched the Dutch recycling system. I found out that (according to the official numbers) we recycle 90% of our paper / cardboard. Not bad!

With plastic we do less well. Until recently we had no real plastic recycling facilities. Some cities do post-collection separation (like Amsterdam, where I live) and some do consumer separation, where people separate their plastic trash. Not much of this really gets recycled and they ship it to Germany to begin with (from what I understand) and incinerate the non-recyclables. Not ideal, but you have to start somewhere I guess.

I've looked into ways to make less waste (of any type, mostly plastic because that never ever goes away and burning it doesn't really do any good either) and this morning I decided to start drawing the four steps with which I believe I can make a difference:

  1. Refuse
  2. Reduce
  3. Reuse
  4. Recycle

Refuse

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Nov16

Nothing done yet, but got the t-shirt

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Nothing done yet, but got the t-shirt
Yay !

Today I received my Sketchbook Project t-shirt. The book hasn’t arrived yet, and with the postal strike it might take a bit longer. However, I’ve started to get really exited about this project, even if it violates my no-experiment rule a little.

Can’t wait to get started!

note to self: check the right category