Groundhog Day
This past Sunday was Groundhog Day.
Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies and has been since it originally came out in 1993. For me, the movie is about the premise of getting another chance to make improvements on yourself. The process is slow. It is unclear how many years Phil Connors spent stuck in the time loop in the movie Groundhog Day, but estimates range from 8 years to over 33 years. Churning through the same day in order to get it “right.”
I may not have 30 years to get one day right, but I can try every day to be a better person than I was the day before. Some days will, of course, be better than others, but I still have to try, even if I often get it wrong.
Practice is another focus of the movie, which is often overlooked. Phil decides to play the piano and takes lessons, culminating in him playing at a party. Showing up day after day to practice is not easy, but it is important for most creative endeavors.
Speaking of getting things right, while I was watching the movie, I drew some character sketches. I then took the sketches and tried to clean them up but ultimately liked the original sketches the best. Below is the result of cleaning up the lines in Concepts.
Be kind to yourself on your creative journey.
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You made it to the end of the newsletter. Here is the piano scene where we see Phil Connors playing at the party.