I have been thinking about doing this for some time, but have not been able two work up the nerve. I like big projects, but I haven't had one in quite some time.
About a year ago Ramon, my significant other, and I discussed my frustration over not being able to complete any large projects. He said that my expectations were, "too high." Well, what's new? We settled on the idea--meaning he constructed and then convinced me-- of working on smaller projects that I could actually complete, and thus feel the satisfaction of the creative process seen through the conclusion.
The last big project that I worked on was in 2004, when I started my graphic design portfolio in my senior year of college and my final semester. If 60 hours a week worth of homework and portfolio building wasn't intense enough, I was also working at an an Apple retail store full time. By the end of it, my sister, who I had employed with a full time job of spray-mounting portfolio page, for the payment of an iPod, was about ready to kill me.
Now I find myself in the world of unemployment. As a way to keep myself busy while looking for work (as there is none), and to fight off the feelings of depression, I have been working on lots and lots of small projects. I love the small projects, and find them very satisfying and fulfilling. Nothing feels better than completing something that I have made by hand.
So, what is the big project? Well my goal is to learn how to sew. No, like really sew. I have been thinking for weeks now, how I might define and encapsulate my large project. A lot of different things have run through my mind, and some general concepts are sticking, but the hard parameters have yet to find resolve in my mind.
By the end of the day, I will post what it is that I want to do. Oh look, my first deadline.
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