Art Journal 2018

This was the very first page I had done at the beginning of 2019, there were some changes happening right around the end of 2018 and I was having a bit of difficulty adjusting to the potential possibilities.

I added little ‘mantras’ or words of reassurance for myself on this page. The original idea for this piece was something that I had found multiple examples of on Pinterest and this was a study of those works, with my own twist on it. I don’t know who to credit the original work to because there were so many ‘copies’ floating around the internet.

Around this time of year is when I start to be a little more reflective and introspective about what I want next year to be about, this time it’s a fresh new decade as well. I do sit and set goals and review things on a quarterly basis but there’s just something about one year ending and the next starting that almost resets the slate. I think it’s nice to start to form some of the ‘resolutions’ or habits we have before the year actually starts in order to see what works and doesn’t work otherwise the grand momentum at the beginning of the year won’t take long to fizzle out.

© Ammara Cokar 2019