I am starting today. I think rather than picking items found on the street, I will instead create a collection of photographs of items found on the street.
The final day of this process will be the 29th of Aug. 9 months ago

Athens, 22/08/12
18.30-19.30

crickets, car engine start, car door closing, car driving away, airplane, traffic, airplane flying, windblown leaves, motorbike, car reversing and parking, car door closing, dog barking, footsteps, sliding balcony door opened, footsteps, small furniture being moved, car passing, music from the tv, woman talking, watering plants, news presenter on tv, phone ringing, our voices, glass of water being placed on the table, footsteps, running tap water, toilet flushing, bed springs, crow bird call, keys jingling, door slamming shut. 9 months ago

6. Glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street.
14. Trace your footsteps with chalk.
50. Do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen.
52. Record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours. (DONE) 9 months ago

9/100 18 months ago

Artist

Last night me and some friends went to see Skillet and 3 others. I have heard of Disciple but never really listened to them so, last night was like the first time. They were Awesome.

We liked them so much and they were really nice when we meet them we almost ask if we could trade our Skillet shirts for 2 of their’s lol

Side note: your on the same tour so why can't you come out and sign autographs? 19 months ago

1. my black book (I glue quotes, articles, things that inspire or speak to me)
2. my photos of my boyfriend and I, family and friends
3. the card my boyfriend wrote to me <3
4. my laptop
5. my ipod
6. my phone
7. my diploma from graduating college
8. my christmas and halloween decorations- I’ve collected over the years they mean a lot to me. They remind me of my childhood :)
9. my red rose collection – I went through a faze where I collected a lot of the little red rose decorations from flea markets and family. It all started because my mom had a few and I thought they were adorable.
10. my giraffe ty – my boyfriend of 7 months who I love gave me a giraffe when we started dating. I sleep with it every night. I feel like he’s with me when I have the giraffe nearby.

I realise I don’t have that many important “things”. Most of the things that are important to me is because they represent a connection to someone in my life. 20 months ago

This looks like fun :D 21 months ago

9. Spend a day drawing only red things
10. Make a list of everything you buy in the week
67. Record descriptions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries
79. Find a photo. Alter it by drawing over it
96. Write down a favourite recipe (my own)
84. Write a list of all the things you do to escape
94. List 10 of your habits
85. Cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. Make a collage out of the results 21 months ago

9. Spend a day drawing only red things
10. Make a list of everything you buy in the week
67. Record descriptions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries
79. Find a photo. Alter it by drawing over it
96. Write down a favourite recipe (my own)
84. Write a list of all the things you do to escape
94. List 10 of your habits
85. Cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. Make a collage out of the results 21 months ago

3. Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). Use it everyday
I bought a lovely new notebook in which I am going to do Keri Smith’s 100 ideas.
34. Fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. Color them in
76. Draw the sun
37. List all of the places you’ve ever lived 21 months ago

1. Go for a walk. Draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk. 2. Write a letter to yourself in the future. 3. Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). Use it everyday. 4. Draw your dinner. 5. Find a piece of poetry you respond to. Rewrite it and glue it into your journal. 6. Glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street. 7. Expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) Write about what moves you about it. 8. Find a photo of a person you do not know. Write a brief bio about them. 9. Spend a day drawing only red things. 10. Draw your bike. 11. Make a list of everything you buy in the next week. 12. Make a map of everywhere you went in one day. 13. Draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm) 14. Trace your footsteps with chalk. 15. Record an overheard conversation. 16. Trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live. 17. Go to a paint store. Collect ‘chips’ of all your favorite colors. 18. Draw your favorite tree. 19. Take 15 minutes to eat an orange. 20. Write a haiku. 21. Hang upside down for five minutes. 22. Hang found objects from tree branches. 23. Make a puppet. 24. Create an outdoor room from things you find in nature. 25. Read a book in one day. 26. Illustrate your grocery list. 27. Read a story out loud to a friend. 28. Write a letter to someone you admire. 29. Study the face of someone you do not like. 30. Make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white). 31. Creat a museum of very small things. 32. List the smells in your neighborhood. 33. List 100 uses for a tin can. 34. Fill an entire page in your journal with small circles. Color them in. 35. Give away something you love. 36. Choose an object, draw the side you can’t see. 37. List all of the places you’ve ever lived. 38. Describe your favourite room in detail. 39. Write about your relationship with your washing machine. 40. Draw all of the things in your purse/bag. 41. Make a mini book based on the theme, “my grocery list”. 42. Create a character based on someone you know. Write a list of personality traits. 43. Recall your favorite childhood game. 44. Put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.) 45. Draw the same object every day for a week. 46. Write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers. 47. Draw the individual items of your favorite outfit. 48. Make a useful item using only paper & tape. 49. Research a celebration or ritual from another culture. 50. Do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen. 51. Draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.) 52. Record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours. 53. Using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other. 54. Cut out all media for one day. Write about the effects. 55. Make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces. 56. Draw your garbage. 57. Do a morning collage. 58. List your ten most important things, (not including animals or people.) 59. List ten things you would like to do every day. 60. Glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal. 61. Trasform some garbage. 62. Write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters. 63. Collect some ‘flat’ things in nature (leaves, flowers). Glue or tape them into your journal. 64. Physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.) 65. Find several color combinations you respond to in public. Document them using swatches, write where you found them. 66. Write a journal entry describing something “secret”. Cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled. 67. Record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries. 68. Draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing). 69. What were you thinking just now? write it down. 70. Do nothing. 71. Write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list. 72. Create an image using dots. 73. Do 3 drawings at different speeds. 74. Put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), Put your left hand in the pocket. Draw it by feel. 75. Create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life. 76. Draw the sun. 77. Create instructions for a simple everyday task. 78. Make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.) 79. Find a photo. Alter it by drawing over it. 80. Write a letter using an unconventional medium. 81. Draw one object for twenty minutes. 82. Combine two activities that have not been combined before. 83. Write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.) 84. Write a list of all the things you do to escape. 85. Cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. Make a collage out of the results. 86. Write an entry in code. 87. Make a painting using tools from the bathroom. 88. Work with a medium that is subtractive. 89. Write about or draw some of the doors in your life. 90. Make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it. 91. Divise a journal entry using “layers”. 92. Divise an entry using “layers”. 93. Write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.) 94. List 10 of your habits. 95. Illustrate the concept of “simplicity”.
100 ideas (pdf)
http://www.kerismith.com/popular-posts/100-ideas/ 23 months ago

“My Grocery Adventure” book is 2” x 2” – mod podge cover with fruits and title page. Working on the acknowledgements and copyright pages (spoofy). 23 months ago

I wrote a letter to myself. It was mostly just advice, kind of vague. But it was very positive and energetic! I can’t wait to see what I do with tomorrow :) 23 months ago

For this, I decided to simply browse a list of atrists on the internet and select one at random. I stumbled upon Odilon Redon, who I must confess, I only selected because his name rhymed, and did some research on his works. he worked in the mid 1800s until 1916, when he passed away in Paris. A part of the Bohemian revolution, he began painting truely bizzare features, and I am very impressed and drawn to his dark, and wonderfully strange designs. It is like they have been in a dream of mine, and I am as comforted by them as I am disturbed. He was a lithographer, painter, and draftsman, so there is a wide range of media for every taste. I have attached my favorite of his works, titled “The Cactus Man” 23 months ago

7/100 Ice Tea and Pizza! 1 year ago

i wont do one thing a week, i will do it whenever i feel like doing it.
so i would start tomorrow, next month, or next year.
i will do it whenever i’d like to. 1 year ago

i’m starting this project in a journal of my own, maybe posting the result on my blog.
http://www.kerismith.com/popular-posts/100-ideas/ 1 year ago