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504!
Friends, I’m proud to say that this Tuesday evening I finally reached the project halfway point with a total of 504 paintings finished.
I’ve spent the time since then just sort of trying to get my mind around what I’ve done. Hoping to have some kind of profound wisdom to share with you. I guess what [...]
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If you’ve been following these updates on my 1008 Paintings Project, you’ll know that I’m also keeping a detailed project journal all about it.
A project journal is my way of keeping track of not only the technical aspects of the project, reference material, and ideas, but also of just tracking the inner journey that happens [...]
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Warning: This post may make you ravenous for cupcakes. I’m sorry. It’s Chris Guillebeau’s fault. If you can handle it, proceed.
First, the paintings. (I’m putting this picture first, so you don’t get the cupcake porn shots in your face. There’s still time to turn back.)
Geez. The pictures of the paintings look so crappy compared to [...]
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Oh…there is so much to say, and I’m afraid this update may get cut short due to a head-splitting migraine that I’ve had for a week.
The good news is, I’ve been working (so it’s not as bad as a migraine as I used to get).
I started volume 2 of the project journal for this 1008 [...]
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The image above of my work table shows a scene I cherish:
50 new paintings completed,
a stack of under paintings at the ready,
a brand new project journal to document the process,
(in background) huge stack of frames ready for sanding, priming, painting,
a full up project journal from the first seven months of the project, jammed with notes, [...]
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Note to new readers: In 2010, I have a goal to create 1008 paintings as part of an installation called 1008 Meditations on the Human Condition.
Why am I doing this and what’s it all about? You can find out here: About the 1008 Paintings Project.
28 New Works
The photo above is a look at my work [...]
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Note: In 2010, I have a goal to create 1008 paintings as part of an installation called 1008 Meditations on the Human Condition. Why am I doing this and what’s it all about? You can find out here: About the 1008 Paintings Project.
Finally Framed
The most recent development in the 1008 Paintings Project is another technical [...]
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What inspired this series of paintings?
1008 Meditations on the Human Condition: The Evolution of an Idea
Each painting in this series takes as it’s title some kind of disorder or behavioral, psychological or physical condition that I’ve culled from medical encyclopedias and dictionaries from the 1960s.
As I looked through these encyclopedias, it was sobering to grasp [...]
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Measure Twice, Cut Once
Let the above photo illustrate the intuitive creative mind at work.
(For those of you creatives who work with precision and measure things, you can sit back and have a good laugh.)
What Happened?
Ever since I moved to Oaxaca for an extended stay, my 1008 Paintings Project has just not had the big thrill [...]
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Well. I’ve fallen off the wagon as it were. A little. Or maybe a lot.
I just checked the date on my computer calendar and am startled to realize we’re well into the first week of February.
Which means January has come and gone and now it’s time for an official accounting of paintings completed. This will [...]
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Howdy! I’m Lisa Sonora Beam, author of The Creative Entrepreneur. I teach people how to get unstuck and use their creativity to make a living doing what they love. 
