Art Resolutions Review; Halfway through 2025
Hi journal people!
It’s the middle of June 2025 and I’ve been feeling a bit uncentred, so let’s do a review of the art-specific New Years’ resolutions I posted about in January.
Agoraphobia recovery (focussing on art markets here). Getting somewhere! Still locked in to a small radius for walking BUT my general daily anxiety levels are lower. Therapist explained we’re working on lowering my cortisol levels so that I can get better long-term & sustainably, by taking things easy in general and not pushing myself. Feels lazy, but it’s also an effort to say no, so I guess it’s still work enough for me to continue doing it, haha. And it’s working! I have a table at August’s York Zine Fest, so I’m hoping I feel strong for that. I’ve done a few Zine Fests there already, so it should register as a safe place in my brain! Fingers crossed I can stay for the entire thing (lasts longer this time!) because York Zine Fest is always awesome.
First Graphic Novel Award: I made it!! Made the deadline, handed work in, felt pretty good about what I made! I won’t hear anything back about it until Autumn or Winter, but I’m just so glad I made the deadline while creating work I like. Going to carry on making pages while I wait for feedback.
Webcomic. Not really started in any way that I like/would post as a final page. I think about the characters and the story all the time, just wary of committing to one style for an ongoing comic.
Make a song. Researching! I keep waking up hearing snippets of songs I don’t thiiiink exist yet, so I’m recording them in the voice notes app and hopefully I can make something. It’s probably the lowest priority though - mostly because I’m a coward and I know it’s not going to be polished and what I want it to be. Wary of starting a new learning process. Although! I’ve been starting new languages recently. I think maybe it’s the audience in my head putting me off making a song - I need to understand that I don’t have to let anyone else hear it (like with languages).
How’s your year going so far? Have you achieved any big things you resolved to do at the start? How are you coping with this heat??