365 days x 1 thing each day
well, i’m done! 2011 saw a post each day from me on uprlip. as i was putting the video above together today i looked back through the archive at all the posts… it overwhelmed me. i felt accomplished in my goal and at the same time disappointed that some days weren’t as good as others… suffice to say that percentage-wise there’s not a whole lot from the archive that i would put on my portfolio. that thought happened and then i was left with a decision: option a, curate what would make the cut into today’s video based on what i thought was good enough and option b, include every single post as a factual document to what i actually created. i went with option b: the video includes every photo posted to the blog throughout the year, as well as a randomly sliced fragment of every audio recording posted throughout the year. what i realized (or remembered) is that this post-a-day goal, for me anyways, isn’t about every day being spectacular; rather it’s about the whole of the work… 365. it reminded me that all the projects started and not yet finished (open source midi controller, etc, etc) are ok, they’re part of the 365 whole that is now finished. it reminded me that the frequent and frantic 11:55pm posts of ‘just a picture of harper‘ were ok too because they, again, are part of the 365 whole. it reminded me that, like life, art is about the good with the bad, the intentional with the unintentional, the plans versus the accidents… it’s funny too, i think if i learned anything from setting out to, and then following through with this blog goal it’s that allowing things to happen as they will almost always works out better in the end than planning things out and then expecting circumstances to match up.
what’s next? as i see it now, uprlip will most likely remain active as solely an archive and i’ll go on documenting my creative work elsewhere. things i’m looking forward to in 2012 are: focusing more on my illustration, design, photography, and visual arts in general. also, spending more time with harper and megan, less time on the internet (now that this is done), and more time reading things that i’ve been wanting to read for a while.
thank you for watching / reading / listening along with my year and especially to those of you who were frequent comment posters… a big thank you to you. a simple comment was often more encouragement than you may know.
for new friends… old friends… friends i have yet to meet in person… friends i see every day… i feel happy to have you in my life.
much love to you all
- jared s