drizzlewither
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(excuse the shabby photo in kitchen, it's the only room that has a daylight spectrum lightbulb)
These are very special to me because they represent a victory against my glitchy brain. I bought the 4 little square canvases a decade ago, yes a decade. But I never opened the canvases. I couldn't take the first step of taking off the wrap. It's called executive dysfunction, it interferes with everything even the simplest daily tasks and it is MY NEMESIS. December last year I started using a productivity app called Habitica and that got me s-l-o-o-w-l-y starting to move on many things. I opened the packet and did the first painting. It took a LONG TIME, do a little bit then abandon it for a few weeks, do a little bit more.
I think it was about a month ago that I finished the last one of the four. So 9-10 months in total to do them all. You cannot imagine how proud I was and still am to have made a SET of something, even before I was getting any treatment. I will never forget that I achieved it.
They are chronological order from left to right.
On the wall now so I can look up and say to myself I did that.
Paints: white, cobalt blue, cadmium yellow, vermilion, yellow ochre, burnt sienna.
These are very special to me because they represent a victory against my glitchy brain. I bought the 4 little square canvases a decade ago, yes a decade. But I never opened the canvases. I couldn't take the first step of taking off the wrap. It's called executive dysfunction, it interferes with everything even the simplest daily tasks and it is MY NEMESIS. December last year I started using a productivity app called Habitica and that got me s-l-o-o-w-l-y starting to move on many things. I opened the packet and did the first painting. It took a LONG TIME, do a little bit then abandon it for a few weeks, do a little bit more.
I think it was about a month ago that I finished the last one of the four. So 9-10 months in total to do them all. You cannot imagine how proud I was and still am to have made a SET of something, even before I was getting any treatment. I will never forget that I achieved it.
They are chronological order from left to right.
- Stuffed rocket doorstop, white sheet backdrop
- Stuffed octopus, white sheet
- Stuffed sailor bear, black sheet
- Stuffed Queen Mary 2 ocean liner, black sheet (yeah her nose is going off the edge, a shame but we can forgive her for it, I love her anyway)
On the wall now so I can look up and say to myself I did that.
Paints: white, cobalt blue, cadmium yellow, vermilion, yellow ochre, burnt sienna.
A bit off topic: how did you work out the reward structure for that app? I tried it a few years ago but just kept losing track of it. It just ended up one more thing to fiddle with, you know?
