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This is what kept me going during the days when I felt the most hopeless - painting roughly 1400 individual unique magnets to cover my fridge & freezer doors.

The background of every magnet is black - mainly because the black paint dries a lot faster than other colors for some reason.

But also because I wanted to feel like I was always adding colors to my internally "dark" mindset.

I did them all in batches of 5. First painted the wood pieces black, then the designs, then sign the backs, then glue magnets, then varnish so if they do get splashed with kitchen whatever they're easy to wipe off.

Things got really dark in my head due to isolation and fears over the future of freedom after "mandates" took away people's rights to travel and even work in some places, in some cases.

There were times I painted 15 or 20 in a day.

There were times I didn't paint any at all for 15-20 days.

But over a period of 4 years, a little bit at a time?

I think I have one of the coolest fridges in the world.

Well, not the coolest... Much cooler than it is already, and it's not a fridge anymore, it's a freezer. 🤣

But, you get the idea...

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius

Now with this project done?

I really feel like I can leave a lot of my anger and sadness and grief behind - and move forward, and onto other projects.

Thank you for reading this.

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