One thing I love more than anything is music. Before college, I spent most of my time in music-related activities, particularly in choirs and musical theater. In fact, there were some days where I would be singing for up to 9 hours in total! Music is, I think, the best way to understand a person's true essence. When I listen to music, I entirely invest myself in the song. I also feel like melodies, and the emotions contained within them, are profoundly connected to color. While I don't have full synesthesia, I do still attribute colors to music, language, and emotion. Watercolors uniquely allow for explorations of color through layering so it seemed the perfect medium to portray interpretations of some of my favorite songs.

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I chose to do abstract paintings, with each piece representing one song which I would listen to (on repeat) while painting. I am stronger with color than I am with creating form through drawing, and I wanted to avoid creating scenes as they would likely be reflective of the songs lyrics, but not necessarily the music itself. When looking at music on my computer and phone, I noted that the square album covers reminded me of the squares in a quilt. I wanted to create watercolor paintings that were the same sized each day, so I could "sew" them into a digital quilt at the end of the 100 days.