Marking a moment in an expressive adventure.
Last year I committed to an artistic practice for the simple act of creation. No expectation. No consideration to outcome other than to manifest from flow.
Because I’m me, I’ve been recording the process, and for everyday since 1st January 2026:
- four videos (see above) of me creating the same art piece have been going live via the justadandak YouTube channel (1x real-time portrait and 1x real-time landscape as well as 1x 30second portrait version and 1x 30second landscape version);
- the portrait 30second version from each day has been going live on my Reddit profile, BSky and LinkedIn (the latter two platform posted via Buffer).
This will continue for the rest of the year at the very least.
This is the *“quiet” part of my year in ‘creative abundance’, leaning into the very opposite of scarcity, and further evident in both the recent fireside.rs launch plus the sold out first cohort of Presenting Wisdom (2nd cohort registrations available).
*I get the irony of me blogging about it although wanted to note reaching the three figures mark.
As for the art itself, the practice of mark-making is intentionally post-literate and gestural in its composition, defined by a rhythmic cascade utilising the asemic writing form:
“Asemic writing is closer to art than to writing. The word “asemic” comes from the same root as the word “semantic”, i.e., that which is a-semic has no semantic meaning. Artists who engage in asemic writing attempt to create forms that look like letters, pictographs, or other meaning-marks without themselves carrying any significance. The results can look at first glance like anything, from a foreign script to an alien crop circle to a geometric diagram to an illegible set of scribbled notes.”
Via On Asemic Writing: The Art of Meaning Beyond Syntax
I have been creating calligraphic expressions of my mood for decades as throwaway doodles and scribbles. Within these pieces I have given myself the permission to shake off classical communication expectations and instead trust in the process of sitting, being, creating.
I’d like to figure out how to offer them into the world via art.justadaandak.com although haven’t got my head round WooCommerce plus the posting / packaging aspect as well as the finer points of taxation etc. which comes with such endeavours (if anyone can offer any support please do get in touch).
So for now I’ll add this about the offerings: just like me as the creator of the pieces I present them as an invitation, to explore and allow any understanding on my / your own terms, or if not, I thank the opportunity and you for your time, and in the attempt the success has occurred anyway.