A lone figure floating in space sitting in meditation upon an asteroid.
Deep in contemplation and peace when from the darkness of space a sun bursts before him showering him in light.
He does not feign nor fret but slowly opens his eyes to see before him the sun like burst of light assume the shape of a man.
The figure then transforms into an oceanic wave of water which encompasses the unwavering man on the rock in space.
He hears in his mind, “Though I assume the form of fire, I am also that of water…” the voice trails as the figure assumes the form of earth and mountain,”…I am also that of earth…” and it continues as it transforms into the deepest of blue skies and clouds,”…I am also all that you breathe in every breath…” and the transformation continues as the figure transforms into the darkness of space filled with the density of infinite stars and a final transmission is uttered,”…and though I am all of these things and more I am also within you,” and the figure transforms into a single dot of light which enters the meditating mans mind between his eyes.

The man on the rock floating in space smiles and slowly opens his eyes. He lets out a deep exhale and bursts into a cloud of particles which spread out at light speed in every direction throughout the universe. As the cloud dissipates and the blackness of space returns a small dot of light can be seen. As if by magic, the dot of light instantly transforms into a planet of water, earth and air teeming with life.

I open my eyes. Awake.

-policarpo 12.22.12

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Wow. 17 days since I started this whole process of developing a new habit and here I am, a little over 2 weeks into it and what I saw as 3 unique habits have merged into a single über habit. Initially I wanted to develop my Conceptual Thinking, Drawing and Writing skills. Everything was going great and at around day 15 I had a breakthrough. My standard Lateral Thinking process of utilizing a trigger word to generate ideas was used to create a synopsis for a story which then in turn informed the comic strip process I was developing. Personally it was a huge mind opener for me. Anyway I could go on and on about all of this but I might be better served by just posting my results:

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Making some great progress with this whole habit forming process. Again, I’m currently focused on developing my Conceptual Thinking, Drawing and Writing skills. I take about 30 minutes a day to perform these tasks, and this weekend I had a breakthrough. I’ve developed this little technique of drawing out comic panels on a single page and then filling in the panels with imagery. This weekend I decided to write some narrative bits to the side of the panels, and something magical happened. I have merged my writing and drawing to become a single process. This has been really exciting for me, because it is tapping into a richer field of automatic writing I am familiar with. It’s as if my writing and drawing have become one event. Anyway, I know the process isn’t new or revolutionary, but it is one that I haven’t really tried to develop. Here are some snapshots which lead up to the discovery:

Sample of the Panel Drawing concepts:

The breakthrough of what happens when I bind the panels to a narrative:

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I am very happy with myself. At day 12 of my habit forming experiment. Here’s today’s contribution with some help from Leo.

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Still looking for a better title for this one. What happens when we listen to the earth?

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Today is day 4 of my intent to Think Dra and Write every day. Here’s the contribution for today:

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Day 3 of my progress in flow. I finished the Think and Write in separate apps so all I’ll publish is the drawing portion of things.

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Day 2 of the flow. Posting a Drawing for today that was derived from a Think session which I do everyday now.

Here is the Think Session photo:

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Day 1 of my goal of installing a new habit of Thinking Writing and Drawing every day.

Here’s the first sketch:

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Another sketch while listening to Johann Johannsson. Piece started out in Adobe Ideas for the line work, then painted and manipulated layers in Procreate, and finally added painterly details in ArtRage. All of these recent drawings are really about me getting comfortable with using the iPad as my sole drawing tool…and well, so far, so good.

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