Twenty-Six

We're from the ocean. Our bodies have become rigid from trying to stabilize on land. 

Twenty-Seven

I recently went to an amazing vision care workshop where I learned that only 10% of vision is in the eyes, the rest is in the body -sensing, feeling, hearing. Most optometrists treat our eyes as a static system, providing prescriptions based only on eye exams, then we fit our bodies into our prescription. And our perception.

Twenty-Eight

I also noticed that it doesn't occur to me to make copies any more, that I prefer to venture into the unknown and just see what happens. One day you can't figure out how to get up without training wheels and another you forget that you had them on altogether. 

Twenty-Nine

It was while drawing this 71st head that I realized I forgot to be afraid of drawing faces.

Thirty

I recently raced to Santa Fe to see a show of Lee Friedlander's work titled "Mannequin" at the Andrew Smith Gallery. The reason I raced was I had done similar work in the same place, like here and here and here, and I couldn't believe that what had caught my eye also caught the eye of a famous photographer. This time what I was looking at was $14,000 photographs and what I saw reflecting back in the glass was me.

Thirty-One

I loved the way this model posed with two white paper fans. I'm currently in a year long program to become a Certified Yoga Therapist. One of the things we work with is the difference between what "Is" and "Ought" to be. For example, I think I ought to be able to draw every day, but in reality I also need to work and complete all the requirements of the yoga therapy program, that is what "Is." 

The way the "Is" line gets closer to the "Ought" line is through baby steps and being real about where you truly are. With this I announce that my 100 Heads project may only post a time or two a week rather than the "Daily" in my title. I started this project wanting to face my fear of drawing faces, through baby steps and being real about "What Is" I am getting closer. 

Thirty-Two

Every now and then I stop by Studio Incamminati's website to fantasize about all the classes I wish I could be taking. What a total surprise to discover that, by popular demand, they've started a new workshop series called "In Your Town" and one of the towns they're coming to is Albuquerque! I actually burst into tears when I read it. There's a constant sting in knowing that the instruction I long for is so far away. Amazing to think that for one week the far away place I long for will be right here.