Dear friends,
the project I started one year ago on my 44th birthday “365 DAYS OF KAROLINA” has come to an end. Therefore I would like to thank you all for joining me on this personal journey of art and self-discovery. Thank you for all your likes, comments, shares, for your feedback and kind words.
As said, I started this project 365 days ago, as a challenge for myself and to better understand who I am at this stage of my life.
I have come to realise that to create art, one needs to peel off all the layers, and be ready to dig deep inside oneself and pull it all out. It’s not easy, it’s often painful and scary, but necessary. It’s how we grow as people, and as artists.
The self-portraits I created aren’t always “pretty”, but that’s ok, the idea wasn’t to show a realistic representation of myself that would be pleasing to others, but rather to be real. We mostly think of a self-portrait as a picture of a face, but obviously, there is so much more to who we are, outside and inside, and this is what I tried to explore through this project.
I hope at some point, to be able to show you all 365 self-portraits in a “real” exhibition and not only through social media. I’ll keep you posted!
Even though “365 days of Karolina” has come to an end, I am still here and still creating. Please stay in touch on my Instagram page: karolinagacke.artist or on Facebook: theartofkarolina.
Love to you all!