As I mentioned last week, I'm doing The 100 Day Project. The conceit behind the project is simple: one action every day for 100 days. My action is #100daysofArtTweets. I'm posting original art content to twitter every day for 100 days. Here are days 1-7:
To watch the video (what you see above is just a screenshot) you have to click here.
Observations:
- I've followed the same formula every single day: share a photo or video and say something about it.
- Because I'm involved in creative activity most days, this was not an effortful endeavor — with the exception of day 7. I spent most of that day engaged in social activities and then computer work. So, I ran up to my studio at 11pm and snapped a quick pic of what was sitting on my desk (the paint) and captioned it. Some effort, but pretty minimal.
- So how is this different from instagram or facebook which both are essentially the same formula of photo and video?
- Ah, now this is the essential issue I'm trying to sort out for myself.
- For me (and I do think it's different for everyone):
- Twitter = cocktail party: It's quick conversational bites with links to anything deeper. A bit of flashy something to grab your attention.
- Instagram = mini blog posts: Beautiful images and content rich. Lots of writing and sharing (in process videos and text). Highly curated with less curated content being placed in the Instagram Stories.
- Facebook = a bulletin board: notices about classes, events, new videos, and so on.
- Has there been any change in my use of twitter since starting this project?
- Yes, I have spent more time in the app reading tweets.
- Yes, I have found and followed new people.
- Yes, I have had more interactions with other twitter users (tweeting back and forth at each other).
- Yes, I have posted more often to twitter — even beyond my one Art Tweet every day — than usual.
- I haven't applied a single photo filter to any of the photos I snapped to share. In contrast, I rarely share a photo to instagram that hasn't been mucked around with.
- I think this formula is completely doable but I find it a bit boring — i.e. it's super similar to what I do on other platforms. To keep it more interesting for myself, I'm thinking I need to change it up. Some ideas so far:
- Since you can easily include links in tweets, make my tweets more useful with links to articles, items to buy, interesting people, etc.
- I haven't seen them yet, but I'll bet you could do some kind of crafty tutorial within twitter's 1 photo and 280 character limit. Going to have to try and see.
- Pick a topic and go after it for 5-10 days in a row so that the tweets all together equal more than any one tweet alone.
- I'm curious to discover whether this 100 day project of mine is an art exploration project or a social media exploration project? I originally conceived of it as an art exploration project with a social media aspect that would keep me honest about doing it. However, reading through these observations, it definitely feels like I'm going more in a social media exploration direction.
Are you doing the 100 day project? How is it going for you?
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I am doing the 100 day project by working on ceramics everyday. Because i want to improve my skills and force myself to reserve some time for art everyday. It might be creating a new form or doing surface design on ceramics. It has been fun and doable so far. My hashtags are #100daysofyerdenizceramics #100gündeyerdenizseramikleri if you would like to see.
I am doing the 100 day project by working on ceramics everyday. Because i want to improve my skills and force myself to reserve some time for art everyday. It might be creating a new form or doing surface design on ceramics. It has been fun and doable so far. My hashtags are #100daysofyerdenizceramics #100gündeyerdenizseramikleri if you would like to see.
I am doing the 100 day project by working on ceramics everyday. Because i want to improve my skills and force myself to reserve some time for art everyday. It might be creating a new form or doing surface design on ceramics. It has been fun and doable so far. My hashtags are #100daysofyerdenizceramics #100gündeyerdenizseramikleri if you would like to see.
I am doing the 100 day project by working on ceramics everyday. Because i want to improve my skills and force myself to reserve some time for art everyday. It might be creating a new form or doing surface design on ceramics. It has been fun and doable so far. My hashtags are #100daysofyerdenizceramics #100gündeyerdenizseramikleri if you would like to see.
I am doing the 100 day project by working on ceramics everyday. Because i want to improve my skills and force myself to reserve some time for art everyday. It might be creating a new form or doing surface design on ceramics. It has been fun and doable so far. My hashtags are #100daysofyerdenizceramics #100gündeyerdenizseramikleri if you would like to see.
I am doing the 100 day project by working on ceramics everyday. Because i want to improve my skills and force myself to reserve some time for art everyday. It might be creating a new form or doing surface design on ceramics. It has been fun and doable so far. My hashtags are #100daysofyerdenizceramics #100gündeyerdenizseramikleri if you would like to see.
My original plan was to create 1 collage per day for 100 days. I’ve created more than 1 in a day on a couple of days but posted only 1 on Instagram. I’m still doing more than I did before the challenge started. And I can’t come up with something new today, so like you, I need to change something to keep it more interesting. My IG posts go to FB and Twitter but I haven’t looked at them on those platforms. Yes, IG is a mini blog especially since I don’t blog anymore. But doing more artwork for me is good and I’ll finish the challenge. I’m cutting papers from old Somerset magazines and vintage publications for paper collage and using pieces of fabric for some mini collages on tags. I’ll print out small photos for my new TN and for an envelope system I set up to keep track of everything. I’ll look at everything together at 101 days and evaluate what I did and what I would change next time.
My original plan was to create 1 collage per day for 100 days. I’ve created more than 1 in a day on a couple of days but posted only 1 on Instagram. I’m still doing more than I did before the challenge started. And I can’t come up with something new today, so like you, I need to change something to keep it more interesting. My IG posts go to FB and Twitter but I haven’t looked at them on those platforms. Yes, IG is a mini blog especially since I don’t blog anymore. But doing more artwork for me is good and I’ll finish the challenge. I’m cutting papers from old Somerset magazines and vintage publications for paper collage and using pieces of fabric for some mini collages on tags. I’ll print out small photos for my new TN and for an envelope system I set up to keep track of everything. I’ll look at everything together at 101 days and evaluate what I did and what I would change next time.
My original plan was to create 1 collage per day for 100 days. I’ve created more than 1 in a day on a couple of days but posted only 1 on Instagram. I’m still doing more than I did before the challenge started. And I can’t come up with something new today, so like you, I need to change something to keep it more interesting. My IG posts go to FB and Twitter but I haven’t looked at them on those platforms. Yes, IG is a mini blog especially since I don’t blog anymore. But doing more artwork for me is good and I’ll finish the challenge. I’m cutting papers from old Somerset magazines and vintage publications for paper collage and using pieces of fabric for some mini collages on tags. I’ll print out small photos for my new TN and for an envelope system I set up to keep track of everything. I’ll look at everything together at 101 days and evaluate what I did and what I would change next time.
My original plan was to create 1 collage per day for 100 days. I’ve created more than 1 in a day on a couple of days but posted only 1 on Instagram. I’m still doing more than I did before the challenge started. And I can’t come up with something new today, so like you, I need to change something to keep it more interesting. My IG posts go to FB and Twitter but I haven’t looked at them on those platforms. Yes, IG is a mini blog especially since I don’t blog anymore. But doing more artwork for me is good and I’ll finish the challenge. I’m cutting papers from old Somerset magazines and vintage publications for paper collage and using pieces of fabric for some mini collages on tags. I’ll print out small photos for my new TN and for an envelope system I set up to keep track of everything. I’ll look at everything together at 101 days and evaluate what I did and what I would change next time.
My original plan was to create 1 collage per day for 100 days. I’ve created more than 1 in a day on a couple of days but posted only 1 on Instagram. I’m still doing more than I did before the challenge started. And I can’t come up with something new today, so like you, I need to change something to keep it more interesting. My IG posts go to FB and Twitter but I haven’t looked at them on those platforms. Yes, IG is a mini blog especially since I don’t blog anymore. But doing more artwork for me is good and I’ll finish the challenge. I’m cutting papers from old Somerset magazines and vintage publications for paper collage and using pieces of fabric for some mini collages on tags. I’ll print out small photos for my new TN and for an envelope system I set up to keep track of everything. I’ll look at everything together at 101 days and evaluate what I did and what I would change next time.
My original plan was to create 1 collage per day for 100 days. I’ve created more than 1 in a day on a couple of days but posted only 1 on Instagram. I’m still doing more than I did before the challenge started. And I can’t come up with something new today, so like you, I need to change something to keep it more interesting. My IG posts go to FB and Twitter but I haven’t looked at them on those platforms. Yes, IG is a mini blog especially since I don’t blog anymore. But doing more artwork for me is good and I’ll finish the challenge. I’m cutting papers from old Somerset magazines and vintage publications for paper collage and using pieces of fabric for some mini collages on tags. I’ll print out small photos for my new TN and for an envelope system I set up to keep track of everything. I’ll look at everything together at 101 days and evaluate what I did and what I would change next time.
Thank you for sharing this update here. I don’t use Twitter, so I really appreciate being able to be “kept in the loop” here 🙂
No 100 day project for me. Hopefully, one day. I need to get better about carving out daily time for art, so until I master that – I don’t think I should commit to 100 days. I mean, I know part of the 100 day project is to give you a reason to carve out that time….but I think I need to try 30 days (straight) first.
Lastly – thank you for answering my question about your new blog design the other day!
Thank you for sharing this update here. I don’t use Twitter, so I really appreciate being able to be “kept in the loop” here 🙂
No 100 day project for me. Hopefully, one day. I need to get better about carving out daily time for art, so until I master that – I don’t think I should commit to 100 days. I mean, I know part of the 100 day project is to give you a reason to carve out that time….but I think I need to try 30 days (straight) first.
Lastly – thank you for answering my question about your new blog design the other day!
Thank you for sharing this update here. I don’t use Twitter, so I really appreciate being able to be “kept in the loop” here 🙂
No 100 day project for me. Hopefully, one day. I need to get better about carving out daily time for art, so until I master that – I don’t think I should commit to 100 days. I mean, I know part of the 100 day project is to give you a reason to carve out that time….but I think I need to try 30 days (straight) first.
Lastly – thank you for answering my question about your new blog design the other day!
Thank you for sharing this update here. I don’t use Twitter, so I really appreciate being able to be “kept in the loop” here 🙂
No 100 day project for me. Hopefully, one day. I need to get better about carving out daily time for art, so until I master that – I don’t think I should commit to 100 days. I mean, I know part of the 100 day project is to give you a reason to carve out that time….but I think I need to try 30 days (straight) first.
Lastly – thank you for answering my question about your new blog design the other day!
Thank you for sharing this update here. I don’t use Twitter, so I really appreciate being able to be “kept in the loop” here 🙂
No 100 day project for me. Hopefully, one day. I need to get better about carving out daily time for art, so until I master that – I don’t think I should commit to 100 days. I mean, I know part of the 100 day project is to give you a reason to carve out that time….but I think I need to try 30 days (straight) first.
Lastly – thank you for answering my question about your new blog design the other day!
Thank you for sharing this update here. I don’t use Twitter, so I really appreciate being able to be “kept in the loop” here 🙂
No 100 day project for me. Hopefully, one day. I need to get better about carving out daily time for art, so until I master that – I don’t think I should commit to 100 days. I mean, I know part of the 100 day project is to give you a reason to carve out that time….but I think I need to try 30 days (straight) first.
Lastly – thank you for answering my question about your new blog design the other day!
I was recently reading thru Stampington’s Artful Blogging magazine and noticed some new terminology: instablogging. There were at least 4 different articles mentioning it without actually explaining what it is. I assume that it means something about blogging on instagram and your explanation of instagram kind of confirms what I think it may be. You always seem to be on the forefront of various kinds of social media. Over the years I learned about Twitter, instagram, pinterest and periscope through your blog. Can you tell me anything about instablogging?
I was recently reading thru Stampington’s Artful Blogging magazine and noticed some new terminology: instablogging. There were at least 4 different articles mentioning it without actually explaining what it is. I assume that it means something about blogging on instagram and your explanation of instagram kind of confirms what I think it may be. You always seem to be on the forefront of various kinds of social media. Over the years I learned about Twitter, instagram, pinterest and periscope through your blog. Can you tell me anything about instablogging?
I was recently reading thru Stampington’s Artful Blogging magazine and noticed some new terminology: instablogging. There were at least 4 different articles mentioning it without actually explaining what it is. I assume that it means something about blogging on instagram and your explanation of instagram kind of confirms what I think it may be. You always seem to be on the forefront of various kinds of social media. Over the years I learned about Twitter, instagram, pinterest and periscope through your blog. Can you tell me anything about instablogging?
I was recently reading thru Stampington’s Artful Blogging magazine and noticed some new terminology: instablogging. There were at least 4 different articles mentioning it without actually explaining what it is. I assume that it means something about blogging on instagram and your explanation of instagram kind of confirms what I think it may be. You always seem to be on the forefront of various kinds of social media. Over the years I learned about Twitter, instagram, pinterest and periscope through your blog. Can you tell me anything about instablogging?
I was recently reading thru Stampington’s Artful Blogging magazine and noticed some new terminology: instablogging. There were at least 4 different articles mentioning it without actually explaining what it is. I assume that it means something about blogging on instagram and your explanation of instagram kind of confirms what I think it may be. You always seem to be on the forefront of various kinds of social media. Over the years I learned about Twitter, instagram, pinterest and periscope through your blog. Can you tell me anything about instablogging?
I was recently reading thru Stampington’s Artful Blogging magazine and noticed some new terminology: instablogging. There were at least 4 different articles mentioning it without actually explaining what it is. I assume that it means something about blogging on instagram and your explanation of instagram kind of confirms what I think it may be. You always seem to be on the forefront of various kinds of social media. Over the years I learned about Twitter, instagram, pinterest and periscope through your blog. Can you tell me anything about instablogging?
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