tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28970515872052760312024-02-08T12:09:48.105-05:00Things I like-Photo's I TakeVintage inspired, photo's I take, rants & ravesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-80682053429877406652018-08-24T11:42:00.002-04:002018-08-24T11:43:56.265-04:00Summer<b>Well, it has sure been a bit since I posted last. I blame Summer, for we have been living in the light these past few months. It has been a pleasant time spent in the sun having fun, but, also a tumultuous time. So much going on and projects that are being planned out. Changes that are going to be happening as well. I am one of those people who fear change. I don't know exactly why that is, but fear of the unknown is part of it. I have been working more to try and change that as I try to evolve into the person I want to be. It has been a road of introspection and it has also been long, lol. Is it working? I cant say right now, all I do know is I am putting in the effort to spot things that need changing and I am trying to enjoy it. Who knew I would be starting this journey this late in the game, lol. </b><br />
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<b> <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Many customers and Lala Family members requesting Halloween designs, My Lala worked around the clock to get these out as quick as possible!!!! These super cute designs will be out today (Friday) by 9am pst. <br /> </span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> Halloween……………………….OS, Curvy, EC 24-32, Kids</span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Phantom…………………………Yoga Band Curvy</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Trick or Treat…………………OS, Curvy, EC 24-32, Kids</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Candy Corn…………………..OS, Curvy</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Creepy Crawly……………….OS, EC 24-32</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Hiss……………………………….OS, Curvy, EC 24-32</span></span></span></b><br />
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So, I am trying something new. I don't usually do ad posts like this, but I just became an affiliate with these guys after owning several pairs and really believing in their product. Have you heard of LaLa Leggings? If not, you should get to know them. I am what you might call a legging aficionado. They are the perfect "go to" when you need something comfy, are working out or just want to go casual chic. LaLa leggings can meet all those needs with their buttery soft feel and perfect fit! The range of motion you get with them is pretty fantastic too and they come in all sizes (3-32), so you will be sure to find your perfect fit. I own quite a few pairs myself, just ask Buzz, lol! <a href="https://www.mylalaleggings.com/#TheyCallMeLola" target="_blank">Give them a try! You wont regret it! </a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-61156324943481362082018-04-05T11:50:00.000-04:002018-04-05T11:50:00.828-04:00Writing PromptsWell hello there! I hope thins finds you all doing well? I, myself, am trying to settle into spring here in upstate. That is, if Mother Nature will let me. The weather here has been so odd. We did not get any real snow until February of this year and now we are expecting another snow storm tomorrow! Yes, you read that right. This after spitting snow at us all this week. Easter Sunday was nice, but that's really about the only spring day we have had here. Makes a girl think about moving to a warmer climate. Will we ever get the warm weather? Who knows, but I hope that wherever you are, the weather is fine. Cheers to surviving spring 2018!<br />
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For those of you that have been waiting for the new paperback version of The Find of Her Life, you will be happy to hear that I received word last night that a reformat is in the works. I will keep you posted on its progress as soon as I can.<br />
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Wishing you all a wonderful Thursday! Stay warm or cool out there....whichever it may be :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-37395045919805229272018-02-28T15:35:00.001-05:002018-02-28T15:35:01.310-05:00Paerback is Back!<b>Hello there! I hope this finds you doing well today and excited that spring is just around the corner. I know I am! Not that this winter was a bad one, but I have to be honest...I have been dreaming of summer for weeks now. I miss my flip flops. However, we are almost there and that makes me happy. </b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-78188963781519992602018-01-02T16:40:00.000-05:002018-01-03T08:55:56.335-05:00Linkville Press Anthology <b>I am so excited to share this news with you!!! The Linkville Press author anthology, themed New Year, is almost ready and will be posted on Amazon in the next couple of days. This anthology will feature seven plus stories from various Linkville authors, including myself and the proceeds for this short story collection will go to charity. I am very happy to be a part of this project. Be sure to check back for the final details. </b><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-76466361249896118652016-09-29T17:23:00.000-04:002016-09-29T17:23:39.157-04:00Updates and Good ReadsGood afternoon friends. I hope that this is finding you all doing well, happy and healthy. It's been a bit since my last post...I am sorry for that. Up until yesterday, I am not afraid to say that I have been struggling a bit. It's been a difficult road for me to put the events of the last month behind me. I just have not been able to find a way to let go of my sadness over my Dads passing, but something clicked yesterday. I am actually not sure what it was, however, I am feeling better. This is not over by a long shot, I know. My Mom reminded me that this is all very fresh and we all grieve in different ways. I have found that to be true in the last few days. I haven't been alright...not by a long shot. Having said that, I really haven't told anyone that except for a small group of people. By small, I mean, 3. So, I am sure that I have looked odd to most in the past few weeks.<br />
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I actually shut myself in the house for the past 2 days. I have backed away from friends. It was so bad on Tuesday night, that I actually had to take matters into my own hands. I knew I had to find a way to get past this part in the grieving process. So, I wrote all my feelings out. Everything...out there. It seemed to help. I woke up yesterday and felt lighter. Today, much lighter and I came up with a plan. I have to do something to pull myself up and out. Besides going to work every day which is just basically going through the motions, I have to expand on my art. I have to find new projects, plan new shoots, work on new photos, finish my own edits on my 2nd manuscript. I have to.<br />
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So, I am beginning today. I have ordered a new camera and I am going to be offering a special on mini sessions. I will post those details soon. I have plans to work on my edits starting next week and I have started working on photos again. I know that I will never get over this, but then neither will my family or my Mother. I have faith that it will get better though. I am posting some photos below that I have been working on. Let me know what you think. Also, my book was added to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30511810-the-find-of-her-life?from_search=true" target="_blank">Good Reads</a>. This is a great place to share your love of reading and books. It's a great place to rate, review and recommend books to your friends and others on the site. So, check it out! <br />
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I will sign off for now, but keep your comments and emails coming. I would love to hear all about your goings on...how you are enjoying fall. Even if its to tell me how much you love pumpkin spice anything, lol. Life is short my friends. Connecting to our fellow human is what keeps us alive. Enjoying new experiences. I have found that shutting ones self off, starts to kill your soul. So, lets connect! The topic is fall anything :) Go!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-22914589001433672212016-09-07T17:53:00.001-04:002016-09-07T17:53:15.178-04:00Lost Files-Words & ThingsI am always scribbling on paper. I have reams of it all over the house. There are notebooks in a bin by my desk that I write in. When I am gone, someone, (Maddy) will go through all of it and think...what the heck? She was the pack rat of paper, lol! Today, as I was looking for one said notebook, I stumbled onto a poem I had started last year sometime...I think, lol. I never date these things, but none the less, there it was.<br />
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Who would have thought? Well, actually, I would have because you never know with me. As I said, always scribbling. So, in the spirit of this new moon and retrograde period...in the spirit of trying new things and opening ourselves up to all the universe has to offer, I am going to share what there is of these scribbles on paper. It has no title, no form really. Just some ideas that I must have jotted down in between edits this past winter. I have noticed though, after reading this, that I usually write about one thing, lol and it's like this. A working title would be good though....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-79897163456134509212016-09-01T11:34:00.000-04:002016-09-01T11:34:22.403-04:001 Snap for 30Welcome to the 1st of September! As promised, today starts my 30 snaps for 30 challenge. Today finds me running errands. I know, boring right? It must be done though as we have family coming into town tomorrow. So I thought this a fitting that this be my first snap for thirty. Now you all know what kind of car I drive, lol. I hope I have had some takers on this challenge. I am going to use the tag 30snaps and 1snapfor30, feel free to use them too.<br />
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Well, hello my friends! I hope that this finds you all doing well and enjoying the last few weeks of summer. We have been fairly active this summer and I have been glad for it as a few weeks ago, we lost my Dad. His death, while I am glad he is not suffering anymore, has affected me deeply. My Dad was a happy, funny, wise and loving individual who always had some wisdom to share. He did amazing things in his lifetime, like working for NASA...No, really...he did! He raised a son and then took on the task of being a wonderful father to me and my brothers. He made my Mother happy. He enjoyed camping, poker and he disliked anything that could not be explained rationally, lol. We once had an argument over the movie The Ring, because of that very thing, lol. Can you imagine? He was never far away and even though we had not talked over the phone much this past year, I loved him. I know he loved me.<br />
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I have been very blessed with a very strong support system and while I am not over this hurt by a long shot, they have kept me in the life of the living. Kept me busy. They have not allowed me to lay down and give in to my sorrow. Today, as I write this, I am very thankful for that. I am loved just as my Father was loved...he saved me more times than I can count and that's what it is all bout in this life. Forming lasting relationships in this big and scary world. Giving and being loved...well, I had that and will continue to have it. I was a very lucky girl to have him be a part of my life and I will miss him for as long as I am here on this plane. So, I have had good days and bad. I am sure that will stay with me for a while, but I still have to move forward. Even if there are days that I don't want to. I know that we as humans almost always say this when tragedy touches us, but it rings true. Tell those that you love, that you love them. Not just now and then, but EVERY single day! You just never know... <br />
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In that spirit of things, a challenge has been lay down. Something to keep me from wallowing. Yes, I have decided to take on a little creative challenge. I am going to pursue some inspiration and shoot something every day for the month of September. That will mean that I will never be away from my camera. I will be looking for inspiration in everything I do. Even the boring stuff. I am pledging to post a snap for every day and I am kind of excited to see where I end up then. Just picture it...a snap shot of something every day. What will my life look like in photos? The possibilities are endless!<br />
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So, here it is. I am not only challenging myself to do this, but I am challenging you too! Imagine the things we can create or see or do in 1 month? What will all this creativity look like? How and where do we find inspiration? I don't know the answers, but I am excited to find them out! Are you with me?<br />
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Here are a couple shots from my recent photo shoot. Looking forward to sharing more information with you soon. Prints available <br />
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Model: Bettina Martin<br />
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<i>"My only mistake, throughout this long and hopeless existence, has been looking for love." she wept</i><br />
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Now there's a mouthful, huh? The strangest bits of dialogue are always coming to me and since my phone is littered with quick notes of them, I thought I would start sharing more of them. I posted a driving edition a couple weeks ago that might actually turn into something. Only time and my brain will tell.<br />
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Pie. Getting my Morticia on this afternoon. Ok...Love the texture and it has a
cake batter taste to it...but it is a tad messy to get on. It's a true gloss,
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The color is extremely dark, as the name suggests...but I kind of like it.
Makes me feel mysterious, lol. Perfect for that inner bad-ass I know I have! Wearing it all day though? Or on a night out on the town? I am not so sure that would work without some sort of sealer being applied to it. As I stated above, this gloss will smudge on contact. Having said all of this though, I </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">would most certainly recommend! Go on! Give it a try and have some fun with it! After all...We need more fun in this crazy world we live in!</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-8497114181840215212016-06-28T10:17:00.000-04:002016-09-12T19:07:51.517-04:00Maggie-The Find of Her Life<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GEp0oR2gxI/V3J_HTH_XAI/AAAAAAAACLA/58nHi-zKwNM6H0ztbeT8tRGBWcL2SgZHwCLcB/s1600/maggie%2Brep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GEp0oR2gxI/V3J_HTH_XAI/AAAAAAAACLA/58nHi-zKwNM6H0ztbeT8tRGBWcL2SgZHwCLcB/s400/maggie%2Brep.jpg" width="266" /></a>I don't know...kinda looks like<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Find-Her-Life-Anna-Patten/dp/1533518629" target="_blank"> Maggie,</a> don't you think? This was a mock up for the cover before we finally settled on the final image. Thanks to my friends at Evil Genius Group for helping me make Maggie come alive!<br />
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Beauty is where you find it! Those words became really real this past week. So glad I kept my eyes open and my wits about me. When you open your eyes...really look at the world...What do you see? Just look through the lens...<br />
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The Find Of Her Life by Anna Patten
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">Digging For Love</span></h1>
Contact: Giana Elenterio<br />
The Evil Genius Group<br />
giana@evilgenius.nyc<br />
347-228-0180
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New York, NY-- Today, Anna Patten debuted her first romance novel, The Find Of Her Life. The book, currently available on Amazon<ins data-mce-style="text-decoration: none; background-color: #e6ffe6;">,</ins> is the perfect mixture of love, lust, and a life recreated.</div>
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"This
book was ten years in the making, I'm so excited for readers to dive
into the book and fall in love with the characters just as I did," said
author, Anna Patten. "Between the passion, the mystery, and the erotic
ending, I know the audience will be hooked from beginning to end."<br />
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This is the first book by author, Anna Patten and her writing partner
Timothy Lasure. Anna is currently independently working on her
next romantic novel with a bit of a historical fiction included. The
book is currently available for purchase on Amazon in Kindle and
hardcopy form. A hardcopy form of the novel is available to be mailed
upon request, a PDF version of the book is available via the link below.</div>
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"The
story shows how even after a great tragedy you can be reborn and find
romance. That we all can persevere and find love even after life hands
us a dark moment. I hope the readers enjoy reading this as much as I
enjoyed writing it. You never forget your first,' concluded Patten</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-3434095600356953822016-06-18T20:31:00.000-04:002016-06-19T19:50:37.757-04:00Random Dialogue thoughts While Driving HomeI am a thinker. Anyone that knows me even a little, knows that my mind doesn't shut off. This is very true when driving. On my way home today, this random dialogue thought popped into my head. Don't know what I will do with it yet, but here it is:<br />
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"Would you bleed to love me?" Macy questioned with all the seriousness she could muster. Love was not something she was willing to play around with. Her guy had to be in it all the way or it was time to move on. You know, that all consuming, crazy kind of love. The kind that has you breaking off a piece of your kitchen counter every time you see him.<br />
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Macy looked across the table at the man who started back at her. Reaching up, she grabbed a lose chestnut curl and began to twirl it around her finger as she waited for an answer.<br />
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He reached up, taking his glasses off and meeting her gaze with a smile. "No, but it's a great song!" With a snicker, he began to clean his glasses with the linen napkin that lie at his side. Once finished, he placed them back on his face, looking at her. The smile faded. "Oh my God, your serious?"<br />
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The bell rang, signifying that it was time for him to leave her table. Macy new she wasn't going to find Mr. Right here, but it was sure fun to torture Mr. Wrong a bit.<br />
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Imagine my surprise, when after years of toiling in the publishing world, a wonderful house took me in and said, "Yes, we believe in you! Yes, we like your book!" It was novel day, (see what I did there? lol) that had me doing back flips down the hall of my apartment. Ok, not actually doing back flips...those that know my apartment, know that I could never do that in there as the ceiling in my apartment looks like this:</div>
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(It's cozy though) However, this gal was pretty excited to say the least. This is all the culmination of a very long journey. There was blood, sweat and even tears that went into the making of this book. Most of all though, there was determination. If I learned anything at all from this journey, it would be that no matter what...NEVER GIVE UP!!! YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU BELIEVE!!! I think that's the single most thing I am proud of. Not just for me, but I showed the ones I love just how much heart I have. Anyway, that's enough about me, lol. Please check the book out. Read it and give it a review. You will have this gals, undying gratitude foreva!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-37198413459383233312016-05-31T21:21:00.001-04:002016-05-31T21:21:09.902-04:00Celbration DayIt's celebration day my friends! That's right, we have our little hats on and the streamers are flying in the Artfully Odd household tonight! It gives me great pleasure to announce that the book is done the right way and live on amazon as I type! I have been doing a happy dance all afternoon! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Find-Her-Life-Anna-Patten/dp/1533518629" target="_blank">Get the scoop and support your local author :)</a><br />
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A big thanks to everyone who helped us on the road to being published. I know I cried and yelled a lot during editing, (Bettina, you remember that night, lol) but this has been a labor of love! Thank you to all my friends and family that stood by me during this process...even with my ugly cry and all, lol! Thank you to my publisher,<a href="http://www.linkvillepress.com/" target="_blank"> Linkville</a> and my editor Amanda for making a gals dream come true and making this book look so beautiful. Thank you to my co author, you helped create a wonderful story foundation that led us to this day! A thousand thank you's from a very happy girl :) I hope you all like it! <br />
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<i>I awoke with a start, afraid that everything had been a dream. Reaching out next to me, I searched for the comfort I so desperately sought, until my fingers touched his hair. It was only then that I exhaled. A hand quickly rose up out of the darkness to claim mine and I felt the tender press of his lips.</i><br />
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<i>"Eric, what have we done?" I pleaded with him.</i><br />
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<i>"Shh." he whispered, pulling me back down with him to the pillows. "Not here sweetheart. This place is just for us. We left the outside world at the gates. We will face whatever awaits us soon enough." </i><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-4625664260599163562016-05-25T16:31:00.000-04:002016-05-25T17:02:52.430-04:00Architecture & Works in the WorksHello out there! I hope that this finds everyone doing well. Things have been pretty busy around here as of late. I have been doing more traveling, planning traveling and unpacking than I have in quite some time. I have been enjoying it to say the least. I love venturing out and exploring new places and things. If you follow my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/artfullyodd/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, you have seen some of my adventures and you might have noticed my resurgence of architecture photos. It's been an awaking of sorts, a love affair so to speak. I have always had a love of beautiful buildings, but lately, I can't stop looking at and snapping them. There's something so beautiful in lines and design. My favorites seem to be the art deco style buildings and I have fallen in love with Frank Lloyd Wrights work. The way the deco and Wrights buildings were built is so terribly different from today's construction, and I am not just talking materials and such. I have been fascinated with the way that these buildings work with the movement of light. How they gently let it become part of their beauty. For me, its much more warm, more earthy, where today's construction seems to be cold. I love the flow of these buildings, where ascetic beauty is part of the experience instead of just form and function. Must be my old soul. Anyway, I could talk about this all day if you let me, so I will digress and move on to save you all the headache, lol. <br />
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Here's to hoping that this week has treated you right my friends and that this holiday weekend, will be just as wonderful :)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707564390379311917noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897051587205276031.post-57670101938110022262016-04-26T18:45:00.000-04:002016-04-26T18:45:05.047-04:00Thoughts to Start a DiscussionRecently, I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be an artist. How hard it is to get noticed today or grind out a living doing what you love. At times its not an easy thing to do. At times...who am I kidding, most of the time, it's not an easy thing to do. At times, I feel like the girl in Kill Bill just trying to get through it all with one piece of my clothing NOT covered in blood. It's a difficult thing to rationalize when, as an artist, you put so much of yourself into your work. That is nothing new though. Since the dawn of art, artists have put pieces of themselves into their work. Some works we can not bear to part with because of that very fact. So, in all of my rationalizing I have come up with a few thoughts. First, let me preface this by saying that I am not complaining. I enjoy what I do, no matter what and joy is a hard commodity to find these days. I am not about to give that up. I am also not trying to push my thoughts off on anyone else. What I am stating here is true for me and I am hoping that by sharing, I will be starting a dialogue about this topic. My thoughts are this:<br />
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You can't get noticed unless you have been noticed. In today's world, no one pays attention to your blood, sweat or tears. No one pays attention to the beauty you put into the world. No, its all about how many followers on social media you have in this cult of celebrity we live in. I have to ask...does that seem right? Is that the natural flow of things? Artists have always struggled, but an artist could still grind out a living. If you don't have a million followers today, there is almost zero chance for you to make it. Its all about the numbers and who you know. If you are like me and know no one....well you are kind of screwed. You can't even get a foot in to a gallery if you don't know anyone and in today's art world of appropriation, that's kind of disheartening.<br />
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Not sure what I mean? Well, sometime this fall an artist took other peoples Instagram photos, blew them up hung them in a gallery and sold them for more than 20,000.00 a pop. Because its considered appropriation, it was perfectly acceptable for him to do this. Why should this bother us? Well, because the person who's photo he appropriated is most likely trying their hardest to get into a gallery themselves and because they don't know the right people, they can't get in. But someone who has the right contacts, can basically take their work and get obscene amounts of money for it. Fair? I guess, if you consider it fair every time Lucy pulls the ball away from Charlie Brown and he falls over backwards. Yea, fair.<br />
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So, how do we exist today as artists? I am not so naive to think that we can change the system. But maybe there is something we can do about it. Maybe forming our own boards and galleries is a start. Maybe by working together we can get the system to budge just a hair. Maybe, if we supported one another instead of trying to tear each other down, we can do something good. Put something beautiful into the world together.<br />
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What I am trying to do here is start a discussion. I want to know how my other artists out there feel. If you feel I am wrong, I want to know. Change my mind if you can. If you agree, then I want to know what you think can be done. Can we budge the system? Lets discuss. Lets educate each other. Let's stand up and do something.<br />
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