She sets herself yearly challenges similar to what I do for myself. Well this year she suggested we set monthly challenges for both of us to accomplish.........each taking every other month to come up with a task we must complete in the month.
Our first challenge for January 2018 was the Indirect Self Portrait. This month, Clare set a challenge where we choose a poem, a story, a play, or song, and come up with at least six doodles/illustrations that fit the source we choose.
I had a hard time with this as I don't listen to music and when I do, I only "hear" the melody and beat. I don't pay attention to words. And most often songs are about people and feelings or actions anyways. I don't get into poetry or plays either. And as for reading, I'm a visual reader where I pay more attention to illustrations than words......especially the older I get and the difficulty in seeing. So this felt impossible at first.
I spent hours pouring through poems, quotes, and song lyrics. Nothing grabbed me. Then I thought about children's nursery rhymes and songs. I found that they often dealt with things......people, animals, etc.
After searching various children's rhymes and songs, I settled on one that I could relate with and with subjects I love............animals.
Throughout my life I've always been attracted to barns and farm lands. Maybe because my grandfather was a farmer and the fond memories of visiting him and Grandma Cain. And, it hasn't been long ago that I made two trips to Heather Oaks Farm here in Florida with animals so this made things a little easier for me........more personal.
Do you recognize the song?
What a fun idea to illustrate a children's song--love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Annie. The gal who challenged me hadn't thought of children's songs either and loved the idea for her own part of the joint challenge :-)
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