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Openness.

As soon as I moved I wanted to do something out of the ordinary. Something I have been wanting to do ever since I moved out from home. Paint. My. Walls.

Paint them the way I want them to look, in a creative way that other people maybe only have in a similar way, but not exactly what I have. 

I couldn’t start painting right away, because I had to get some research done first. I had no idea what type of color I needed - or even the color itself I needed - or what brushes I needed. I didn’t even know what kind of pattern I wanted. So I looked up a few possible ideas, mixed them up, bought the colors I thought would fit together best, and even then I couldn’t start painting yet.

At first I had to tape an entire wall over 3m long. I didn’t even know how to tape it, I just got on a ladder and went for it like others would just start writing on the walls. In the end the whole wall was taped in diverse triangular/rectangular shapes. And now I still couldn’t start painting. 

I ended up taking a photo of my wall, opening it on my iPad and drawing on it. With three different colors I tried to color in the spaces so that no colored space would touch another same colored space. That was a tricky one! There were a few spaces I just couldn’t make it possible and the same colored spaces would be touching. Originally I wanted the whole wall to be in color. But since I couldn’t fix my problem, I decided to put in a few white spaces. Those would be spaces I wouldn’t color at all. Not the plan I was originally going for, but I had no other choice. Plus I thought it might give the room a bit more to breathe instead of having a whole wall full of color. This was a chance for me to be open to something new, something I originally hadn’t thought of whatsoever. 

Afterwards, I finally got to painting. I got my brushes out and painted the spaces of one color each day. On the fourth day I removed all the tape and the result was absolutely wonderful. I love it till today. Most importantly, it showed me to more open to new, uncommon and unplanned suggestions in life. May it just be a color on the wall or something entirely different.

All in all this took me about a month to accomplish, mainly due to the research beforehand. And there is another wall in my apartment I have set my sight on. Still haven’t decided on what I want to paint there, I’m still looking up some ideas.

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A Giant Redwood at #SheffieldPark #giantredwood #seqouia #tree #gianttree #redwoodtree #evergreen #nature #england #uk #countryside #nationaltrust #lookingup #treescape #macro #closeup #bark #tactile #branches #trees #wood #londoninstagram (at Sheffield Park Garden)

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When I got to #Frankfurt #Airport on Monday, it was just before dusk, and this gorgeous #pink #sky #presented itself to us. #skyporn #cloudporn #flughafen #aeroplane #airplane #clouds #redsky #travel #travelphotography #traveling #austrianairlines (at Flughafen Frankfurt)

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Off to #Frankfurt and then #London, it was certainly a good long weekend. #travel #plane #austrian #austrianairlines #graZ #airport #airportlife #tarmac #sunshine #bluesky (at Flughafen Graz (GRZ))

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One more of the view from me, doesn't matter how many times I see it, it's still the most beautiful place on earth. #steiermark #weinland #austria #österreich #perfection #landscape #panorama #view #beautiful #nature #natural #valley #mountains #alps #sunshine #bluesky #autumniscoming #autumn #endofsunmer #thankful (at Kitzeck im Sausal)

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This is one way of starting the day when you have a bit of work to do... #view #beautiful #nature #austria #styria #steiermark #mountains #mountain #forest #green #perfect #panorama #mist #fog #sun #autumn #autumn is coming #pleaseandthankyou #thankful (at Kitzeck im Sausal)

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Well, driving this #Nissan #Skyline #R34 was incredible. The level of turbo lag and then power delivery was immense. It only really got going at 4,000 rpm. #skylinegtr #gtr #carporn #mod #modded #streetracer #tuned #tuning #epic

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Random but yummy dinner #roastpotato #potato #fish #roast #squid #weird #foodporn #food #dinner (at Haddenham, Buckinghamshire)

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#purple #ice #purpleice #photo #sundayafternoon #lazysunday #drink #purplegrape #😋 (at Haddenham, Buckinghamshire)

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Also took a photo of this cool cool jumping rabbit in Bristol last week by @annatomix, awesome piece. #annatomix #graphic #art #graffiti #wheatpaste #wheatpastes #wheatpasteart #wheatpasteporn #wheatpasteartist #wheatpasteartists #streetart #streetartporn #streetartdaily #streetartistry #graffitiporn #graffitieverywhere #bristol #upfest (at Bedminster, Bristol)

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Amazing piece by @diff_artist in #Bristol last weekend. #Pacman has some serious #attitude. #classic #video game #graffiti #ghost #ghosts #pacmangame #graffiti #streetwear #streetartporn #streetartdaily #streetartistry #graffitiporn #graffitieverywhere #graffitibristol #bristollife #flowers #bandana #art (at Bristol, United Kingdom)

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A perfect sky. #sunset #countryside #moon #beautiful #nature #perfection #countrysidelife #cows #moo #mooon #blue #heather #green #summer #photo #instaphoto #photography #foto #photographylife #naturephoto #landscapephotography #landscapephoto (at Dinton, Buckinghamshire)

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#ratscantfly #pigeon #streetart #streetartporn #streetartdaily #streetartistry #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiporn #graffitilondon #graffitieverywhere #london #londonlife #londonart #artlondon #colourful (at Soho)

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Damn #powerups are #everywhere these days #Nintendo #fire #fireflower #mario @angusart85 #awesome #streetart #mosaic #mosaicstreetart #mosaicart #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiporn #bristol (at Upfest - The Urban Paint Festival)

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Love this @losthills_ piece. Just brilliant. #upfest #upfestbristol #upfest2017 #streetart #streetartporn #streetartdaily #streetartistry #streetartbristol #bristol #bristollife #wheatpasteart #wheatpastes #wheatpasteporn #wheatpasteartist #graffiti #graffitiporn (at Upfest - The Urban Paint Festival)

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Can we have two entries @harryconnisco #hccard? Great idea and love the stencils - #notyouraveragesubwaycard #upfest #upfest17 #streetart #graffiti #graffitiart #graffitiporn #graffitieverywhere #bristol (at Upfest - The Urban Paint Festival)

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Aha, what have we here :) @annatomix #wheatpaste #annatomix #fox #hare #rabbit #streetart #art #streetartporn #streetartdaily #wheatpastes #wheatpasteporn #wheatpasteartist #fresh #bristol#upfest (at Upfest - The Urban Paint Festival)