Day 359

She Found the Moment, and Together We Existed: Almost Inside: Emoting Final Part* Watercolor and gouache on paper Reverence washed over the room as Alice Walker took the stage. In the moments that followed, for time had turned into moments, Walker’s words filled up the space between everyone sitting beneath the high ceilings. In a…

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Day 358

Dreamscape Final Part*: The Dream Gouache and acrylic on paper In the dream, I walked across a hall. In the center of the hall was a fountain, turned off because the museum was closed for the night. At the end of the hall, facing me, were nine paintings. And I stared at those paintings until…

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Day 243

Woodpecker Jungle Monkeys of My Youth Ink, watercolor, gouache on paper Dryocopus pileatus (pileated woodpeckers) inhabit the forest surrounding my house. When I was small, my mother said the birds’ calls belonged to monkeys. My sister and I knew better; we watched David Attenborough, and more importantly, we had never seen a monkey in our…

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Day 233

Planning is Not Optional: Ice and Wind and Pine Needles Ink on paper Today, I awoke to a world coated in ice. The frozen trees groaned under the newfound weight, but the pine needles that once were silent found their voice in the tinkling ice. Together with the wind, they sang out in the post-storm…

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Day 5

18-year-old Dreams Graphite on paper A Note about the project: Originally, I planned to document CognEYEzant:365 both here and on Instagram. However, as I used Instagram, I felt pressured to gain followers and likes to please the Instagram algorithms. But that is not what this project is about: this project is about art, personal expressions,…

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