JOURNALS

Honestly, today was a bit of an interesting one—or as I like to call it, an experiment in organised chaos. I had this grand plan to venture into the realm of oil pastels with the drawing machine. But, alas, life and other commitments got in the way. As it turns out, the window of opportunity for experimenting with oil pastels missed its cue, along with my morning energy.

Instead, I turned my focus to the digital daybook I've been working on. Yesterday's work felt unfinished, so today I dived back in, hoping for a more productive outcome. Despite the small hurdles, I made some steady progress. Python's framework threw a few challenges my way, particularly with the JSON objects, but I’m slowly wrestling it into submission.

After going to the gym yesterday, I’ve started thinking more about ways to streamline my routine. Ideally, having three sets of identical gym outfits sounds efficient, so I'm throwing that into the weekend planning bin.

The 3D printing agenda hit a few snags early on, but by the time I stepped into the afternoon team meeting, things were whirring back on track. Speaking of the meeting, it was a great catch-up with the team, and I got the chance to highlight some digital daybook bits. Always nice to geek out a little with peers, even if it's just a brief rabbit hole of code talk.

With an evening ahead of me, I’m thinking about how to tackle the oil pastel code, while facing the reality that the 3D printer's filament was not a bottomless pit after all. It offered a strange mix of success and a 'to be continued' space that tends to leave me looking optimistically forward to tomorrow's studio hours.

And I have to remember, one must be grateful for the vibrant, musical noise staving off the studio chill, good food that fuels the brain, and, strangely enough, a 3D printer that's teaching me patience one spool at a time.