Sketchbook
From 2016 to 2018 I made a drawing everyday. I tried to draw automatically, without plans or rules. I wanted to see what the language of my energy was- what marks would come from just relieving myself through movement. I began to notice what the drawings looked like in my varying mental states. I could see the different types of marks in all of the different climates of my mind: content, lack of content, fast marks, slow marks, ability to create a composition, caring if it looks good, not caring if it looks good. Almost always text, even if just a word. By having a visual daily log I could see that my mental states were cyclical, and not unrelated to my menstrual cycle. This, and other things I learned by making these, definitely saved my life during this time.
I have an ongoing, though less frequent, sketchbook habit and some of those are here too.
