Week 4 of #selfieportraitdaily

Here we are at week 4! I am happy to annouce that I am stretching this challenge as well! I am going to Oct 9th for sure, which puts us at 131 days. Haha sounds huge but I've been loving it so much Im just going to keep going.

Day 23

This one is actually a part of a three part'r I called "you cant hang out with us" the three are based off photos my mom, sister and I took with cigars we bought in Cuba

 

Day 24

Day 25 

Believe it or not this happens to me all the time....

Day 26

Day 27

paper cut out of my face 

Day 28

This one was a really intense experience for me , I meditated before I did this and I just feel like I got a lot of intuitive messages while I was doing this painting, it was a really intense and special experience 

Day 29

"Birds of a Feather"

I randomly asked my friend Sean to give me a theme for my portrait and this is what came out.

week 3 of #selfieprojectdaily

Here are this weeks portraits!

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day 22

Week 2 of #selfieportraitdaily

Hello lovelies!

So here we are, my first week of my sabbatical! saying Goodbye to Newbridge was sad and beautiful, but in a very cliche way Im learning that nothing is forever.

Anyway lets take a look at this week's portraits! I must saying I am loving this project soooo much! I have decieded to extend it past the month of June to 100 Portraits! so if you were sad thinking there would be only four weeks, dry those tears because you are in for much more!

I should note, that I am not used to sharing art that I personally am not thrilled by, so the experience of sharing everything, no matter how I think about it is a new one! 

                                                                         Day 8

            Day 9, 

I don't know why I added a halo but I did and then I contemplated what I would be the Saint of if I was such a thing, I decided on 

"Lacey Dakota Patron Saint of Strange Ideas"

       Day 10

Now one of my most favorite "get to know you" questions is "Who is your Disney Soul mate?" I have always had an answer relating to a grown up lost boy from Peter Pan, but learned that a lost boy is not actually the best fit, so then I though, perhaps my soul mate is Tarzan, wild and interesting, and if Tarzan is my Disney Soul Mate, I guess that makes me Jane, behold:

                                                                     Day 11

                                                                     Day 12

                                                                       Day 13

                                                                             Day 14

This first one was a image I saw in a dream I had 

                                                  I painted this one with a piece of grass

                                                                    Day 15

Now I am obsessed with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, this is drawn on a page from the book 

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Thanks so much for checking in!

#Selfieportraitsdaily

So something very exciting that has gone on recently is, a friend of mine, Sar, and I have started an art challenge where we each do a self portrait every day for the month of June.
Right from day one this was tough! I am coming up against a lot of internal negativity about my art, I have been happy to prove this self doubt wrong and challenge these different parts of me.

I have recently decided to figure out the next step in my life, and believe that I will be going in a direct of using art as a medium for healing, I was really focused on that as I worked this week.
So, I plan on posting my work here on this blog weekly!
Enjoy! there are some good ones and some that are less good. Below are the images I posted, one of the things I really loved about this project was afterwards I went and fixed and added so they changed and got better, but this was still a great push to get something done every day.

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

(yes those are buttons)

Side note, next week I will take better pictures!

The Year of Purgency

So….The year of Purgency.

 Back in the day there was this person that I knew that was on a personal journey that he called “The year of Urgency” his self improvement was something he felt hit a critical point and he was giving it his all. His energy and charm had me intoxicated with this idea and I took an urgent look at a lot of things in my life as well. But as some things go, we parted ways, and perhaps urgency and I took a break as well. I am okay with that, I don’t think life is meant to be something that you have to hold your breath and brace yourself to tackle, I think it can be approached with a hand outstretched, open and gentle, slow and steady.

 I am often in reflection of my life and what I want and what I don’t want, this last new year I decided that I wanted to do some editing, editing of the amount of stuff I had, the amount of things I kept myself busy with, the amount of emotions I would take on…a purging if you will, letting go of many things to see what was left at the core.

This last week I did the biggest purge yet and I quit my job, a mix between burn out (which is a very real thing and not the fault of the person experiencing it, this Ted talk is a great explanation of what that can look like) and an itch for my next adventure brought me to what was a very hard decision. My employment often fits nicely with needs of my soul to do things that are real, hands in the clay, walking along side people who are overlooked, or over sensationalized.

 So I resigned and I am taking this opportunity to do some travelling. I am going to be staying with my Mom in France, hopefully in a trailer in her magical garden. My plan and intention is to use that time to, heal, make some memories and develop as an Artist. I am at the part of that decision where fear wants to be my friend and tries to tell my excitement and confidence they aren’t welcome, I think we are going to have a tea date and team huddle, there is room for all of this on this journey, I just want to make sure the right one has the mic.

 Anyway, all of this to say you are welcome to use this blog as a window into what I’m doing for the next little while. I think (hope) the rust will get knocked off my writing skills as I start to use them again and I plan on sharing photos and some of my art in this way!