If you don’t want the days to pass, you can stare at the calendar or blank walls for a long time.
I took some notes from my six-month military service, starting in November 2022, and I also worked on drawings. It was a time when I was away from him and closer to myself. I acquired a black notebook and saved a large amount. Every time I had leave from work, I bought things to paint and started painting to speed up my days. Sometimes the days sped up, sometimes they slowed down. Time passed as quickly as I embraced my true self. At other times, it slowed down.
“If a train can’t go anywhere, it’s not a train*.”
*Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – The Questioning of Values, Robert M. Pirsig, Ayrıntı Publications, 1995
