And here's the step-by-step process!

January Journey 2026 Art Challenge: # 01 Sunrise

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Oh forgot to post the challenge in this platform. I'm more active on Insta btw, find me there too!: @/everlost.creative

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Finally finished the first entry in my own art challenge!

January Journey 2026: # 01 Sunrise

Enjoyed so much painting this! This conveys my personal rainbow-colored glass view for the new year because a healthy delulu is solulu. 🌴😎🌞

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January is almost here, and a new season is rising. 30 Days of Nurture is your invitation to begin the year with clarity and purpose.

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January Journey Day 15: Biophilia in Design, Education, + Consultation

Harnessing Nature’s Power to Inspire

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January Journey Day 13: The Luckiest Day of All

Day 13 isn’t unlucky—it's extraordinary! I’m celebrating 13 things that make me feel lucky

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January Journey Day 11 A Practical Approach 11 Weeks of Building Better:

January Journey: Day 11 A Practical Approach.
Exploring 11 principles shaping better buildings

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Day 10 of my January journey: Sharing my top 10 books
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January Journey Day 09: Building in Layers How Layers Bring Buildings to Life

Here is the link to the full article

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January Journey Day 05 Lessons from Tibetan Prayer Flags

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#MusicChallenge #JanuaryJourney - South America

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Manta is a coastal city in Ecuador. Every day’s a school day!

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Day 18 - Migration. One of my favorite songs ever, and perhaps the one most likely to bring a tear to my eye 🥺🇮🇪

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Day 13: Quest

Drove down the Belt, got on the Conduit
Came to a toll, & paid & went through it
Had no destination, we was on a quest
Ali laid in the back so he can get rest

A Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo

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Day 12: Europe

Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!
Fremder, étranger, stranger
Glücklich zu sehen
Je suis enchanté
Happy to see you
Bleibe, reste, stay

Joel Grey - Willkommen

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Day 11: Settlement

Bob considers settling down

Build me a cabin in Utah
Marry me a wife, catch rainbow trout
Have a bunch of kids who call me "pa"
That must be what it's all about,

Bob Dylan - Sign on the Window

The Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against The Machine · Song · 2000

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Day10: Dust Bowl
..inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'The Grapes of Wrath,' which delves into the "Great Dust Bowl" forcing 2.5 million Americans to leave their homes and lives."

Raise against the Machine - The Ghost of Joad
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Day 10: Dust Bowl

'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowl
They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find

John Mellencamp - Do Re Mi

Meant to post this earlier

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Day 9: North America

I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind
I Straddled that Greyhound,
and rolled into Raleigh and all across Carolina

Chuck Berry - Promised Land

Appalachian Springs The Verve · Song · 2008

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Day 9 North America
Appalachian Mountains are passing through a bunch of states such as Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont .. ..tbc

The Verve - Appalachian Springs
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I'm Shipping Up To Boston Dropkick Murphys · Song · 2005

#januaryjourney #MusicChallenge Day 8: Knot
brings to mind a trip on a boat

Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston
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Day 8: Knot
My favourite song by this band

You fasten up your beaded gown
Then you try to tie me down

Steely Dan - Your Gold Teeth

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Day 7: Caravan

First listened to this as a teenager in an enhanced state of consciousness and it still sounds blissful

Santana - Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation

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Day 6: Antarctica: John Cale: Antarctica Starts Here

Is there any other option?

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Day 6: Antarctica

Ice cap miles thaw to freedom
Sets free Antarctic legion
Awake limbs, to reach a sun's rays
Blood thaws throughout the unused veins

Sleep - Antarcticans Thawed

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Day 5: Process

Eno uses a PROCESS where Fripp’s guitar is fed onto a reel2reel tape to make a loop of sound which is fed to another recorder to make another loop. Fripp responds to the loops & add new sounds over the top.
Beautiful

Fripp & Eno - Evening Star

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Day 4: Voyage

This was number one in UK & US in 1952 at a time when many military personnel were far away

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember till you're home again
You belong to me

Jo Stafford - You belong to me

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Day 3: Kit

I was going to play another band, but my librarian/musicoholic friend in MSP played them a bit earlier.

So I'll play something new that actually fits for me. New-to-me!

I'll have to check it out tonight...I'll be your Gram and your Johnny, too.

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Day 3, Kit

“She kissed me and it felt like a hit
My heart, it was beatin', like a full drum kit”

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Day 3: Kit

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Day 3:Kit

I associate kits with putting things together

Me, I'm waiting so patiently
Lying on the floor
I'm just trying to do my jigsaw puzzle
Before it rains anymore

The Rolling Stones- JigSaw Puzzle