Well 100days started officially on the 1st April. After a busy couple of days in the office and being ridiculously tired. (But burnt 101 calories.#TeamYawn)
I fell asleep so I have failed 100days, but as the challenge is being creative for 100 days. Then I can start today a declare yesterday April 100days Fool day!!!
OK so this is kind of my idea to do this blog post to show/prove we have been working on (what I believe is the most difficult challenge this year) “The Art Project”.
“The Art Project is a piece of art that can be done over the course of the year, that is not a poem, story or script. But an Art thing , painting, drawing, graphic image, collage, sculpture etc. or &c.
As it is art and rules cannot be applied to it, then only a base framework it can be done on anything and there must be some post throughout the year on its progress. Perhaps 1 a quarter or once a month.
This is the challenge I am not looking forward to as I am no good at the art things I was banned from picking colours at Net-Work Internet limited for my Purple, Orange and Neon Green website I built.”
Well the quarters are:
Q1 – Jan/Feb/Mar
Q2 – Apr/May/Jun
Q3 – Jul/Aug/Sept
Q4 – Oct/Nov/Dec
Q1 – Well what have I done, it been a quarter of thinking and ideas and what can I do and why and more importantly HOW!.
I thought about the different types of art out there and my limited range of skills. I have decided to do something on or around “King Solomon’s Temple” this will be made up of several ideas.
For example here is a basic design of the temple with the prominent feature of the two pillars:
The same day I also looked at the Masonic Orders I have joined, so in this next photo, I have worked with a Circle and Pentagram, taking a prominent symbol for each chamber. Note the “Triple Tau” or “TH” and the Star/Shield of David. I am pleased with the Ark Mariners logo as it is the only Colour.
I am not the best artist in the world so I have found a couple of tools / websites that may help later in the year.
I have found a Collage one but not tried it as I think I need to work out the set of images/photos to make it work.
https://www.befunky.com/create/collage/
As I for some reason offered to run the Rochdale Parish News Paper and website. So one change I did make was to add a picture of each church it covers.
St Chad’s was easy as I had a black and white diagram from a St Chad’s Lodge summons.
But I could only find photographs online for St Mary’s in the Baum. Being a bit of a skinflint I didn’t want to use all the ink out of the Parish Church I went on the hunt and found this site http://www.snapstouch.com/
And here are some of the results.
Again not sure how it will fit in but in the words or Arthur C. Clarke “Only time will tell” [Songs from a Distant Earth]
My good lady has mysteriously morphed into the Sunday School Teacher. As such there was an all age Services, which was a craft activity so I created this:
More to see and play with the glue and materials. Another activity that took place was the creation of Sun and the covered in different types of tissue paper. The reason why I have added this in hear is not because it was something arty and I just claiming it, no it is because I built the sun. I used and old wine box for the two halves of the circular section. As I don’t have a large compass, I in fact used a piece of wall, a nail and a Sharpie pen to draw two semicircles and then cello taped them together. I wanted to have two sets of rays coming of the sun. A curved style and the some isosceles triangle ones. After the Sunday School decorated it looks like this:
So this is a method style part for the Art project.
My current idea i have, came to me from stumbling across a broadcast of the film Prince Caspian. I joined the film as the Pevenise were trying to work out where they were in Narnia as they could not remember any ruins. They were at Cair Paravel, and it struck me I could do an interruption of the ruin temple of King Solomon.
I thought that I could make it even more fun with using a new technology a 3D pen. Again my skills are not the greatest so and Church architecture can be fiddly then I need plans and designs so I have been playing with a CAD package on my phone, whilst I find one for my PC.
By the end of the next quarter I hope to have basics firmly in place to allow the final half of the year in making the mental model a reality.
As 2015 draws to close it is time to review the year as it is, as it was. Reflecting on life that has been led by me in my Pete-centric universe.
Well that is easy I wrote a Masonic paper with other people and compared notes and learnt lots.
Completed 100days of being creative.
Did you have any Challenges in 2015 and were you successful, and will you have more Challenges for 2016?
“Challenge 2015”. Was 3 things, 100days – PASSED, write an Esoteric Paper – PASSED x 4 and final the shared story, this was a failure due to the fact that life got on top of me for a bit. For full review see the Lessons Learned Post.
2016 – the post describing this challenge is here.
The wife, that’s pretty close to me I think!
We had a Second Son called Callum, who is a happy little guy.
W.Bro Reg’s wife passed away, there have been others but I do not remember, but as we get into this time of the year more great friends may pass to the GL above!
No countries this year or hols, we when to North Wales but as that is a principality of Britain it not really count as separate country.
Money, but you can always say that. Hmm perhaps more time ? Not really sure as this has been a good year
26th May – Birth of Callum Edward Maguire
Birth of Callum?? Not that I really did much it was all Helen and the Medical staff – OK supportive role go me 🙂
Writing 4 Masonic Papers for Dr Lomas’ Portal – Why because I disliked doing those sort of things when at School and Uni.
Not being as patient with Henry as I could have been.
We were in a Car accident in March and according to the Docs I had muscle issues that required massage. Does it count ?
Nothing Springs to mind. Masonic book
Ooo – correction the new Sofas have arrived.
Henry for being a caring brother.
Helen for being an awesome Mother and Wife despite what she has had thrown at her.
Depressed – Facebook and there constant moaning about US Presidential candidates and there all out to get you..
Appalled -ISIS for their cowardly, idiotic behaviour. Taking a religion and going, we will ignore those bits and just go on about 1 part.
House funds due to Maternity Pay
Infected Mushroom – Artillery
More correspondence with friends and family. Just stayed in touch more. Same as last year really as I did not do a good job. May create a sub challenge to email/write to family / friends
Getting angry at Henry for playing up when he is just trying to find his place in the new world of being a brother and no longer an only child.
Christmas this year is at the sister’ place so should be fun nice !
May – as Callum arrived
My new son Callum he is a lovable little fellow.
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I have enjoyed:
But most enjoy able is the “Curse of Oak island” a History programme that sees two brothers searching for Treasurer. But whose is it ?
Templar
Pirates
7 must die before the secret will be revealed. 6 Dead so far – Dun Dun Dunner!!
No one – I think this should be another question that should be replaced.
Well I have not read this much this year, Scared History of the World by Jonathan Black, I have partially read a lot of masonic books for the papers I have been writing, but no fiction books this time.
Last year I had no really new music, this year I found via a random youtube.com click. Infected Mushroom. They are awesome and I have since found an album called “Friends of Mushroom” epic and also Astrix just as good.
So I have had a great music year, that and getting to see Faithless live again and managing to dance/jump around like an idiot again was the best.
A healthy second Son.
More sleep 🙂
At the time of writing this it is – Spectre the new bond as it was the best since Casino Royale. But I have not seen :
Star Wars : Force Awakens. – have seen it WOW oh WOW
Last years was not memorable, this year’s; well, I did a Pekiti-Tirsia Kali seminar back at the old Horin Dojo. It was run by Pekiti Tirsia International member, currently headed by Tuhon Guro McGrath (President and Chief Instructor). It was brilliant 🙂
Not having to go to the hospital every 3-4 weeks to check on the progress. Or H having to visit some medical centre every week since the Big C has been born.
Last year was Hats this year it has been trainers. For the first time ever I bought a pair of VANS Pumps. In fact I have bought 3 sets of trainers this year and a pair of shoes. So I have an untouched pair in the garage.
The voices in my head, and chanting ritual that I was trying to learn.
Adrianne Palicki – realised when I saw the trailer for Agents of Shield
Election – as it was Election year and the Pollsters got is seriously wrong.
No one that springs to mind.
Easy – the new Son, Callum Edward Maguire. What a star, he is tough little guy with a big smile.
Family is strong, fecking irritating. But that is ok.
Depart with Artillery – By Infected Mushroom (click)
After the productive 2015 and a successful challenge, GreatGothNinja and I had a “Challenge Committee” meeting in November. The outcome was :
The write and esoteric paper challenge was a very successful event from last year. I completed 4 paper in that year. All the subject came from Dr Lomas and his brethren of the Lodge of Living Stones This has had a side effect that we can now come up with our on topics for Papers to research and write. Therefore we have decided that we should produce 4 papers over the course of the 12 months that are independent of the ones set by LOLS.
This is similar to the shared story idea of 2015, yet this time the work is not shared and not a story. In fact you could say the two events are not even similar! The Art Project is a piece of art that can be done over the course of the year, that is not a poem, story or script. But an Art thing , painting, drawing, graphic image, collage, sculpture etc. or &c.
As it is art and rules cannot be applied to it, then only a base framework it can be done on anything and there must be some post throughout the year on its progress. Perhaps 1 a quarter or once a month.
This is the challenge I am not looking forward to as I am no good at the art things I was banned from picking colours at Net-Work Internet limited for my Purple, Orange and Neon Green website I built.
Back once again for the creative behaviour, the annual challenge has returning. Last year I managed was able to be creative for the full 100days this is a fantastic achievement . But there were 19 late posts, this year we will have less than 11.