Why do any of us create? That is such a broad question, unanswerable by a single response. Obviously it differs for each of us. I know that for myself, this desire is persistent, necessary and therefore important. Finding time to do it with all of life's happenings poses challenges but it seems in life, we tend to make time for that which we value most....or we don't and that is often more about our choices and priorities rather than about time itself. So although I have neglected writing about my efforts in an organized and chronological way, I have certainly not abandoned my effort to create an image a day , every day, since the start date, my 50th birthday: Nov. 6th.
Some of these have been 5 minute scribbles and others have been day long oil paintings but all are evidence of the fact that I have indeed made the time. I value my work no matter the end result. I have deemed it " Project 365." Perhaps next year I will work on a more sequential, highly organized and deliberate version of this project, faithfully documenting it along the way .....or maybe I won' t. For now, I would simply like to share a sampling of the images that have resulted from time I feel is well spent. In these moments of scribbling, scrawling and pushing paint about, I feel most aware of what I need and value.
I hope you find the time for what matters to you and discover your joy.
“You will touch this joy and you will suddenly know it is what you were looking for your whole life, but you were afraid to even acknowledge the absence because the hunger for it was so encompassing.”
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Eve Ensler
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| 12 x 12 oil on canvas Jude Harzer 2014 |
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| Rolodex cards graphite sketches Jude Harzer 2014 |
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| Rolodex cards (enlarged) Jude Harzer 2014 |
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| Crowned oil on canvas 24 x 24 Jude Harzer 2014 |
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| Flock oil on canvas 24 x 24 Jude Harzer 2014 |
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| The Wait oil on canvas 24 x 36 Jude Harzer 2014 |
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