The Project

September 17, 2011

DIA, Colorado

The "Sleepless Pursuit" is my newest project. "I'll sleep when I die" has sort of become my life for the last few years. While I was getting my bachelors, I worked 3 jobs, was a resident advisor, all while taking 18 units of community design work, and having what was as close to a social life as I could get.

 

After three years of focus on design, creativity, and innovation I realized that I haven't done any of those things for almost 5 months. While I was in school, Architecture was my world.  Without the structure of classes and projects I have become stagnant.  The working world has some how taken that inventive spark. Now my concerns revolve around getting funding in time to install this, that, the other thing in the building I manage; not how can I design something beautiful and functional.  I overlook the aesthetics and just try to get the job done.

Once I came to the realization that my world had drastically changed focus, I decided to do something about it. I'm being my own instructor. Assigning myself a project. For the next  100 days I am going to design/create at least one thing a day. Whether its drawing a quick sketch, painting, sewing, model building, drafting, or any other creative activity; I need to just do it.