Today I got in my darkroom for the first time in over a year. I made a lot of dumb mistakes, and wasted a lot of paper, but today I got in my darkroom for the first time in over a year.
372 Days
Today I got in my darkroom for the first time in over a year. I made a lot of dumb mistakes, and wasted a lot of paper, but today I got in my darkroom for the first time in over a year.
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[…] I defended my doctoral dissertation in January 2023. After spending many months reading, writing, editing, and making art under a time crunch (my knees ached for days after I spent Thanksgiving weekend crawling around on the floor basting a quilt), I consciously stepped away from art making for three months to recuperate. Three months turned into something much longer, and even when I felt ready, I had a difficult time returning to my studio practice. When I went to make my first postcard for the 209 Weeks project, I hadn’t been in the darkroom for over a year. […]