Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Work in Progress: Dates in a Life Project 2020


Here is work in progress through June on my Dates in a Life Project 2020, a year-long painting project documenting the number of steps I walked, and the number of flights of stairs I climbed, each day. The year, and this project, is half over! 

I am proud to say that since I started working from home because of the Pandemic, I have mostly walked 10,000 steps or more(the red shapes), around 4 miles, each day. It's great exercise as well as a stress reducerI'm going to try to keep this pace up, on hot and humid days, as well as when we have less sunlight as we move toward fall.

One set of marks not reflected on this painting yet is bike riding. I bought a bike on May 26th after not riding since 1984. I'm still trying to decide how to best make marks reflecting the number of miles I'm riding, in addition the number of steps I walk.

This painting is mixed media on stiffened fabric. I keep track of my steps and flights of stairs using the Pedometer app in my iPhone.