The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

Today I did the cap but did not paint the mask. I was feeling intimidated by the task of doing both so I settled on just doing one. Sometimes I can only do a little bit of art and I did a drawing early this morning so I technically did two art-related tasks today.

I have decided I will do Inktober but I will do the 2018 prompts (I didn’t like the 2024 ones) and I will not do figures. For a change I want to just do abstract things or creatures. Here’s the prompt list I’m using:

Why don’t we worship Norse or Greek gods in the west? The mythology of pagan religion is so much more interesting than that of monotheistic religions like Christianity. If I were a religious type, I’d be a pagan. Catholicism has different saints, I guess, and some of them have fascinating stories (real or imagined), but I like Norse Mythology best. Why didn’t the Vikings convert the people they conquered and not the other way around? Jesus is boring and a goody two shoes. I like mischievous gods like Loki.

I saw my therapist today. She’s alright but I really miss my old therapist. I couldn’t afford to pay her anymore because she was upping her prices and didn’t take insurance. My current one takes our insurance, so I don’t have to pay anything, but I don’t think I’ve made as much progress with her. Fortunately my old therapist taught me a lot of ADHD coping tools that I use to this day and it’s because of her my executive functioning is heaps better than it used to be. I almost feel I don’t need therapy anymore, but it’s nice to have someone to check in with each week in case something does go sideways, which it can do.

I played Hogwarts Legacy today but I’m really not used to modern video games. For the longest time I was stuck walking around the castle really slowly until I figured out I could run by clicking the left joy stick. That helped a lot. I also read some of The Land of Lost Things today and got through about five chapters. Granted the chapters are very short, but it’s something. I relaxed! Sort of. It still felt guilt-ridden the whole time, but I did the thing. Maybe eventually I’ll learn to enjoy myself.

I did a 5k today with my friend. A bit slow for a 5k but I hadn’t run in three days so I felt a bit sluggish. We did an easy route with no hills.

Things I saw on my walk today:

Intentions for September 30 – October 6:

(I’ll put an X next to the intention for every day I do it)

1. Meditate – 7 days XXX

2. Take the dog on a walk every day XXX

3. Do art – 4 days XXX

4. Cook dinner – 5 days XX

5. Instagram – 5 days XX

6. Do three 5k’s this week X

7. Run a half marathon on Sunday

8. Play video games, read/relax for an hour – 5 days X

9. Do not eat any sweets all week except on Sunday – 6 days XXX

10. Clean the house (downstairs and upstairs seperate days)

Painting Schedule:

Outline photo, grid, print out gridded drawing, grid watercolor paper – Wednesday Sep 25 Draw figure onto gridded watercolor paper – Friday Sept 27 Outline drawing and paint in background. Saturday Sept 28 Paint eyes – Sunday Sept 29 Paint skin – Monday Sept 30 Paint shirt – Tuesday Oct 1 Paint mask– Wednesday Oct 2 Paint mask – Thursday Oct 3 Paint glove – Tuesday Oct 8 Paint long sleeve and knees – Wednesday Oct 9