I AM: THE PLAN
There are moments when the noise falls away. When what is left is only the small voice that asks, what is it you are trying to say? The I AM. I AM. I AM. Project began in that quiet. It is not meant to be a brand or a statement, but a way of understanding who I am when no one else is in the room. The project is a personal excavation. A return to honesty after years of speaking in borrowed language.
The mission is simple. To explore identity and authenticity through creative expression. The medium might fluctuate between writing, visual art, or film, but the purpose stays the same: to hold space for truth. This is not about performance. It is about what happens when the curtain drops and there is no audience left to please.
The objectives are what keep the mission tangible. First, to create a body of work that documents the interior landscape of one woman living in awareness of herself. Second, to share that work publicly as an act of accountability and invitation. Third, to establish a rhythm that allows the project to grow without becoming a burden.
Each month, I will produce one written reflection and one short visual piece. The writing may take the form of a personal essay or letter, the visual piece a photograph, painting, or short film. Each will explore a theme within the larger question of identity: fear, belonging, solitude, resilience, love. By the end of the year, there should be twelve complete cycles. A year’s worth of witnessing myself as I am.
The measurable outcomes are not about numbers. They are about consistency. Did I show up? Did I tell the truth? Did I create something that feels alive and unfiltered? These are the questions that define success. Still, structure matters. Publishing the mission, objectives, and timeline forces me to make the invisible visible. It turns intention into promise. When I name what I am doing, I am less likely to drift.
The timeline will unfold in three phases. The first is foundation, spanning three months. This is the period for setting tone and voice, creating the initial pieces, and building a rhythm. The second is expansion, months four through eight. Here, I will push into collaboration, inviting others into the conversation: artists, writers, and thinkers who also live in the tension between silence and expression. The final phase, integration, closes the year. It will focus on weaving everything together, bringing the essays, visuals, and reflections into one cohesive body of work that can be shared as an installation, collection, or digital exhibit.
Accountability is not punishment. It is a kind of grounding. When I name my intentions in public, I make them real. The I AM. I AM. I AM. Project asks me to stop hiding behind drafts that never see daylight. To publish is to commit. To publish is to admit I am still learning how to see myself.
The goal is not perfection. It is presence. To stand in the middle of my own life and say, this is what I notice. Some days that will be a whisper. Other days it might arrive as clarity. What matters is that I stay with it long enough to recognize what is true.
In the end, the project is both mirror and map. A way to trace the movement between who I was, who I am, and who I am becoming. It reminds me that identity is not fixed. It shifts with the light. Publishing the mission and the timeline is not a performance of discipline. It is a quiet promise to remain awake.
If, at the end of the year, there is a collection of work that feels like an honest record of what it meant to be here, now, then I will have done what I set out to do. The I AM. I AM. I AM. Project is less a declaration than an inquiry. A way of returning to the question that started it all: what does it mean to be fully seen, even by myself?
