{"id":3721,"date":"2011-01-07T14:48:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T19:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2011-01-07T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T19:48:24","slug":"first-week-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/first-week-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"first week 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is really hard to start back up again. There are the unfinished projects that feel like they need to be finished before I start in on the new. But those projects don&#8217;t have any energy now. Or maybe it is me that has no energy. I know that the only important thing is to actually spend time in the studio and do something. Anything.<\/p>\n<p>I was inspired to get out the ink and brushes by this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maximumfun.org\/sound-young-america\/lynda-barry-author-picture-and-what-it-interview-sound-young-america\">podcast interview with Lynda Barry<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maximumfun.org\/shows\/sound-young-america\">Sound of Young America<\/a> (thanks again for the recommendation <a href=\"http:\/\/whileshenaps.typepad.com\/whileshenaps\/\">Abby<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3722\" title=\"ink1\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started filling up pages last night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3723\" title=\"ink2\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am trying out different brushes on each page, trying to find one that works well with the ink.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3724\" title=\"ink3\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3725\" title=\"ink4\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3726\" title=\"ink5\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, I&#8217;m working on the owl pattern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3727\" title=\"ink6\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ink6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I come over to the desk and do some more scribbling when I feel frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>And, Hey- It works! I&#8217;m having fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is really hard to start back up again. There are the unfinished projects that feel like they need to be finished before I start in on the new. But those projects don&#8217;t have any energy now. Or maybe it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/01\/first-week-2011\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[317,318],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3729,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}