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Week 2: The 365 Series

by Jill Austen on 01/29/15

Week 2 of The 365 Series… I made it. Here are my reflections, now that I have 14/365 pieces up on my wall (for those who see their purchased images in the photo, they're on their way to you shortly).

1) Commitment is not something you say, it's something you do.
2) It is not for the faint of heart
3) Some days a 16" square sheet of blank watercolor paper looks the size of a billboard, and you will feel like abandoning your commitment
4) That's when it's most important to keep it
5) There is profound joy in this process

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Jill Austen Bio

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performances and exhibits throughout the US, Mexico and the Caribbean. Teaching opportunities have taken her to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the College of the Bahamas in Nassau. Her inner vagabond is happy to call New York City home. Jill's poetry was first published in Leaf Garden Press in 2009, and more recently in About Place Journal, Mom Egg Review and Blue Door Quarterly. A Comfort of Hummingbirds, her first poetry chapbook awaits publication.

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Jill Austen lives a multidisciplinary life, embracing creativity through music, art and poetry. To this end she has created Austen Academy, offering a series of integrated arts workshops which explore individuality and the creative process. Jill holds degrees in music from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the University of Minnesota, where she also studied visual arts and art history. She is a juried associate member of the Pastel Society of America. As both flutist and visual artist she has enjoyed residencies,