The Art of Everyday

I've been enchanted by Gawx's cinematic videos on YouTube. Drawing inspiration from him, I decided to document my life in the month of March.

The act of documenting the everyday has always felt like a restorative exercise - especially if you're in a creative rut. A few years ago I wrote one song - however silly, however small - for everyday of April. I went on to develop a couple of them for my EP Songs From The Almirah.

In 2021, I documented everyday à la Kikie Crêvecoeur. This exercise gave me a glimpse into a month in my life, through minute, insignificant details.

I stumbled upon a Notion template to log a daily highlight. In February last year, I started using it; and did it, as I do many things, just for kicks. I soon got quite into it, though, because it felt great to scroll through and see each month as highlights of the days. I find the whole gratitude journal stuff a bit corny, but it’s really nice to see all these really trivial little things that add up to your life - the “went for a silly walk. it was almost raining”; “Seeing M’s moodboard from when she was 16. She stuck a picture of a Borosil kettle and said - take the heat without burning yourself or something”; and the “Watching Sex And The City with D”.