2020 Goals in Review
About 365 days ago, I wrote a post about my 2020 goals. I was coming off a hard year of grieving my mom and I wanted to push myself a…
Tara Choate How’s the blogging going – 2020 version
For each of the seven years I have been blogging, I have posted a fairly geeky post about my progress and numbers. It’s something I look forward to, and it…
Land Lines – Day 3
Though I woke up to a beautiful sunrise, my artistic inspiration was a bit lacking today. I didn’t sleep well and my mind didn’t want to shut off from various…
Land Lines – Day 2
Got up this morning, did a walk, then ambled out to Ankeny where the camera stayed mostly in its basket. It was a lovely day, there just wasn’t a lot…
Land Lines – Day 1
Happy Holidays to all who are celebrating and (possibly even more exciting) happy countdown to the end of 2020. We’re in single digits now! While this Christmas season hasn’t been…
What IS experimental?
Recently I joined the International Society of Experimental Artists (ISEA). This week, I was invited to join their new Facebook group, and I gratefully did so. I need to get…
Getting weirder
I think I’m getting weirder. This was a LONG week. Work right now is very busy. I got a new cell phone, which resulted in three days of technology rants.…
Malaise, angst & protest (but it’s not that bad)
What a week! I had tummy trouble, neighbor shenanigans, and a phone uprising. After all that, what’s there to do but apply paint? Other stuff This happened to be my…
Concluded
Today I finished my NaNoWriMo project with a total of 50,010 hard-earned words. Forgive me a sigh of relief. As a celebratory measure, I drove down to Finley where a…