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WHATEVER IT IS, START NOW.

This document is an effort to cherish the memories of Parag Chitale of an experiemnt performed during the first two days of the month of November, 2015.

4 November 2015 Mulhouse, France.

Photography : Parag Chitale Camera courtesy : Kiran Potdar Location Courtesy : Jacques Lopez Document set in Typefaces Bebas and Avenir.

I am afraid that it won’t turn out good.

I am afraid to try.

I hope this’ll soon be changed into past tense.

As a part of my Inktober 2015 exercise, I started exploring brushpen as a tool.

Though I successfully completed Inktober, I was still a little nervous. I had this feeling that ‘I am not good enough.’ I was write. I was and I am learning. To get rid of the ‘I won’t be good.’ feeling, I decided to do the extreme.

On 1st November 2015, I took out a big notebook, the brushpen, an ink bottle and watercolours. I began my experiemnt at 10.40 pm. I started writing things on the notebook. Without thinking a lot, just to get over the speed bump. it was getting over the ‘I am not sure’ thought. After my fisr session till 1.30 am, I slept.

On 2nd November 2015, after my classes at the art school, I restarted the experiment at 3.40 pm. I kept writing and writing till the notebook was full till 10.45 pm. I worked for almost 10 hours combining both days. It was a pleasure. Using the ink as well as the watercolours helped me to understand the control over the flow and the pressure while using a brushpen. I tried to do as much as I could to get started.

It helped me.

One thing though, the quality was not my point of concern while doing this experiment. At this point in my journey, I am still getting comfortable with the tool. I needed to build the confidence of being able to use the tool so that I can develop the skill. Most importantly, it changed my “I am not good enough’ thought to “You are able to be good enough.’

That’s something.

Plus it’s quite fun. A lot, actually.

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