The 100 Day Project - Share and Bloom - Day 2

Illustration of 3 crocus flowers. Above it in electronic hand writing ‘Every year flowers appear I didn’t plant’ and underneath the flowers ‘just like my life’. All on a blue and peach coloured background.

Project:  The100DayProject.org - 100 days of Share and Bloom - Day 1

Illustrator: Jenny

ILLUSTRATOR SAYS:

The aim of my project: to provide a comfort blanket for my soul and the soul of others.

Day 2 image: Amazing things always happen in my life I couldn’t dream up if I tried. I saw crocuses in my garden starting to appear today that I didn’t plant and weren’t there before. My garden is like the gift that keeps on giving. Just like life, if I look.

Today’s creative learnings:

  • I don’t need to be perfect

  • Foremostly drawing and expressing my thoughts and feelings is great for my own wellbeing. It is a comfort blanket for my own soul before anyone else’s. And as good a reason to do this as any. If this comfort extends to anyone else, it will make what I do here even more worthwhile. But what other people think isn’t important in the sense that I won’t let any fear over that hold me back now.

Background to The 100 Day Project:

This is a project led by Lindsay Jean Thomson who is a writer and co-founder of Women Catalysts. In 2016, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, a bizarre yet life-affirming experience she chronicled for VICE.

I’d love to get your support and encouragement over the next few months if you’d like to comment and share.

Hope anything I create gives you a little bit of comfort for your soul.

SHARE AND BLOOM Suggests:

You can check out my posts on Instagram.com/ShareandBloom over the next 100 days.

If you want to do something creative while we are all at home more in one lockdown or another, check out the 100 Day Project website to find out more. We are all creative, just in our own individual ways.

 

ORGANISEJenny RitchieShare and BloomWELLBEING, HAPPINESS