Fieldwork: Day 3

Saturday - no pressing appointments or chores. I can waste it or spend wisely. I have a little to do list, but none of it is vital to be done.


AM weight: 219
Exercise: 30 minutes on the treadmill

Significant chore: Hmmm, I suppose I should do the grocery shopping today. And before that I should clean out the refrigerator. I want to go to the public library.

Creative Opportunity: I had another idea for a bubble drawing and some thoughts on photography - will share in my fieldwork report at the end of the day. The day is wide open, lets see what happens.

Fieldwork report: Got the chores done, but nothing on my to-do list. But that's ok. I was going to try drawing another bubble today, but the leaves on the grape vine outside my yard caught my attention instead. So I grabbed my camera and went outside to photograph them. Maybe that is another collection - photos of leaves. I do have some real leaves I collected previously. (I am already a collector). As I tried to go to the library, I photographed a few leaves in the front yard, but it's windy right now, so the branches were not too cooperative. (tried to go to the library - it was closed)
Thoughts on photography -- hmmm, what was I thinking...... I already mentioned my opinion that creative people seemed to use cameras alot. I had been thinking it might be fun to buy some bubbles and have my class blow them outside while I took pictures. It made me wish I had one of those cool cameras that could take pictures real fast. If I turn the autopreview off on my digital camera, it might go faster. I could also use my video camera instead, then pull off individual shots as I want. I was thinking I might find a good shot to be the basis of some drawings. I need some good pictures of bubbles to improve my own drawing. I was wondering if I could buy some thin tracing paper to trace elements of a photograph, then use that tracing as the foundation drawing for a larger piece of art. I'd like to be able to enlarge a photo before I trace it.
So for my exploring the world progress - I'm paying more attention to things around me, and I've given myself permission to use my camera more often - infact, I'm giving myself assignments to use the camera. That is a new direction for me - as I mentioned before, I have not been much of a picture taker. But I love looking at pictures. Cost and storage have been issues, but they aren't now.
Wrecking my journal - today I'm to leave a page deliberately blank. OK, done. Yawn.
Tomorrow is Sunday - so I take the day off from blogging. The next day will be Monday, January 5th. I'll be back to work in the classroom, so we'll see if I can get up early enough to write my prelude and do my treadmill.
It's been fun having time to play with exploring, but Monday will be when discipline will have to kick in. Can I rise above the routine of just getting through the day?