For the last 3 years I’ve been up to my eyeballs in various varieties of CMS development, AJAX tricks, CSS / XHTML shenanigans, Flash/AS experiments, Photoshopping, battles with IE’s library of broken rules, 2 relocations, and keeping rental properties afloat in a disastrous real estate market. It’s been a ride full of sleepless nights, Red Bull, and a heaping portion of elbow grease. Though I have learned and accomplished more than I thought humanly possibly, my creativity has become a bit, shall we say desaturated. I’ve longed for the downtime to not have to think about an upcoming deadline or a landlord task, and the freedom to pick up my paintbrushes and allow the paint to fall where it may. So with an upcoming three day weekend, I proclaimed to my BFF that it would be THIS weekend that I stole this much needed time for myself to do just that.

Soooo…. now what? I’ve spent the better part of a day digging for inspiration. I have plenty of sketches surrounding me, but nothing that I am ready to commit to a canvas. Back I go digging for more creative influence to focus my pencil and what do I find? Yes, it is a sign! I’ve discovered Drawing Day and the next blessed occasion lands promptly on my birthday, June 6, 2009. I’ve usually only paralleled the time slot with D-Day and the day before the Purple Prince’s own birthday, but now I have an actual goal for this date. I have 335 days to fill my sketchbook with practice and opportunities for artistic growth. And I am happy to report that I’ve already started.

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