#6: A Dog House
Well, that was the goal. The end result looks like an insulated dog lean-to.
What worked:
My dog should be insulated from the worst of the elements this winter.
What I learned:
Don't undertake a project without the time and energy necessary to complete it. Being tired can lead to some pretty serious compromises. For film-making and acting: build enough time into the schedule so that you don't feel rushed into completing something.
#7: A Scene & The Outline for a Screenplay
The end of every single one of my romantic relationships has precipitated the creation of a large memorializing piece of artwork. My first girlfriend got a series of hand-drawn portraits. My second a painting. My last major breakup got about 30 monologues from different people of different ages talking about what they understood about relationships. My most recent has turned into, well... right now it's a scene and an outline for a screenplay.
But frankly, these are all incredibly embarrassing pieces. Some artwork is for the public, and some is therapeutic.They are not to be published in any form until 200 years after I kick the bucket.
#8: A Sonnet
Okay, so this turned out horribly. I think it's the first and worst sonnet ever to be written about a person who's received a lung transplant (not my original idea, but that's what forcing rhymes does). I'm finally appreciating just how astounding Shakespeare's body of work truly is.
Until sun sets ever he must contend
his life is worth its weight in borrow'd breath
these donor's lungs he fears they will rescind
So e'er more he gives at guilt's behest
Soup for the sickly and toys for the blind
Books for orphans, a shoulder to cry on
Daily genuflection before Lord divine
Planting a redwood for anon, anon
But when night draws drapes over our bright star
A dread upon him deeply does descend
Extorted goodness is in sooth a sham
And feigning saintdom pulls his bitter end
One life to live, a wicked bargain seems
The weight of two lifts only in his dreams#9: A Comic
Okay, so I really phoned this one in. I had to create something before I passed out. I'm starting to feel just what a big commitment a daily creation really is.
#10: A Modern Dance
Okay this was really fun and totally hilarious to watch. Unfortunately me prancing around in tights, a wig and mustache is incredibly blackmail-worthy so the webcam video is not going online.
#11: A Monologue
After auditing the most intense, draining, and terrifying acting class of my life I wrote an incredibly nihilistic monologue. Then I wrote a manifesto to actors, the thesis of which was basically: stop thinking what you're doing is art, get a job, and hire a therapist. If what's happening in that class is what it takes to be an actor, I have no interest.
Honestly, I'm still reeling from all that I witnessed that night. But cooler heads have prevailed, no need to post a manifesto and blacklist myself. I take back my thesis, it's a noble profession and all that.
#12: An Abstract Painting
I really appreciate that with an abstract, there's no right and wrong. It can be incredibly relaxing, and more often than not it's the materials rather than some preconception that defines the final result.
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