The day before introduction

Welcome to 365two50. Today is May 19, 2009 and tomorrow is my birthday. In one year, I will turn 50 years old. This project will have a couple of objectives. First, I hope to create a new piece of artwork each day to post to the site. I have been inspired by “one a day” art sites for some time now and hope it will force me to practice and generate art.

Second, at the end of the year, I should have a diary of sorts of the year culminating in turning 50. Something to look back on and ponder the year that has yet to be defined. During the past few years, I have tried to become more introspective and define what I have and will do with my time on earth. I hope this year at a glance will be a part of starting the next phase of my life.

Why is 50 significant? I don’t know. Whatever the reason, it seems to be having an effect on me. Each day I contemplate what I did of value during my waking hours.

A third objective is to have about 50 pieces of finished artwork at the end of the year as a body of work. I really can’t afford art school and I’m not sure what level I would attempt if I could. So this is my poor-man’s art school. The finished assembly of work will be my thesis.

What constitutes a “new” piece of art each day? Anything that I create. It doesn’t have to be complete. It can be a part of a bigger piece and each new effort is new art. It doesn’t have to be painting or drawing. If my artistic effort is a part of a work project, that counts. Creating a particularly good meal could count. The only criteria is that I assembled whatever I claim as that day’s art on that day.

Tomorrow I begin.