At the outset of 2023, I resolved to draw a drawing a day for the whole year. At first I approached this with a questionable level of commitment. The odds of failure, due to simple forgetfulness or other factors, were good odds.
But as some of the final hours of the year drew closed one by one, like window drapes along a long museum corridor, I completed the above drawing, "All Mushrooms Are Magic." And with that, I fulfilled the goal I had first set out to achieve: a 365-day drawing-a-day streak.
It is the one thing of note that I succeeded at, without qualification, for the entire year. In spite of the title, it is not about drugs; it is a nod to the weird, wonderful and, until recently, unpopular biological kingdom of fungi.
I have sought through my drawings to share some part of myself that may be useful to other people. I know many people more organized than I am, and a decent number who are more creatively driven than I thought myself capable of being. So I mean what I say now:
If I managed to do it, odds are very high that so can you.
Creativity begets creativity. Enjoy.
• Museum-quality print made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Paper is sourced from Japan