creative arts

Podcasting

January 17, 2012

A list of podcasting links I started collecting last year. Posting them today, just out of the blue. I thought I would get into podcasting (and I may yet) but I don’t seem to be heading that way right now. Podcast Awards Blubrry PowerPress Podcast plugin for WordPress Marketing Latinos: Podcasting FAQ Womens Radio on [...]

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Twitter/ ASCII Artist Interview with Andrea Pacione

November 16, 2011

The Portfolio of Andrea Pacione  Andrea on Facebook and Twitter Q: How did you first find ASCII art, ANSI art, Twitter art or text art? Which style came first for you? I remember seeing ascii or text art appear in some old-school programs on my Apple IIgs family computer that I grew up with back [...]

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Analog Renaissance: Have you Seen your Last Typewriter?

October 27, 2011

The Typosphere – A term for bloggers who collect, use, and otherwise obsess over typewriters and other “obsolete” technologies, including, but not limited to, handwriting, pens and ink, paper mail and mail art, knitting and fibre arts, film photography, chip-less combustion engines, and related ephemera. Flickr: Anablogger Archives – “A repository of film photographs, doodles [...]

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Halloween Fonts

October 26, 2011

I was looking at fonts for Halloween today. I like the new feature (new to me at least) that lets you type in your own text to try out the fonts. I used it on three I liked and then cut and pasted a banner from them. Nice way to get a banner without downloading [...]

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Rephotography

October 23, 2011

Rephotography is the act of repeat photography of the same site, with a time lag between the two images; a “then and now” view of a particular area. Some are casual, usually taken from the same view point but without regard to season, lens coverage or framing. Some are very precise and involve a careful [...]

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Five Reasons to Draw Small

October 19, 2011

Five Reasons To Draw Small 1. Doodling focuses your mind, giving you increased attention (even when it looks like you’re not). 2. You’ll increase your awareness- when doodling flowers, you’ll start to notice more aspects of a flower, the way that the stem tilts the flower, the way that the same petal shape varies with [...]

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Project 52: Self Portraits

October 12, 2011

Frankly, I don’t like other people taking my picture. For some reason, their primary concern with the shot is not making sure my eyes sparkle and my double-chin is hidden. I’ve only ever done arms-length or reflective self-portraiture. I’m becoming much more at peace with my tripod and my wonderful husband got me a remote [...]

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Hand Written Customer Thank You Notes

October 7, 2011

The first sale is so exciting! Now once you have calmed down, check out the transaction page and make sure your buyer has paid. Package up your item and get it ready to ship (a hand written thank you note is always good customer service!). Send your buyer a quick little convo (or conversation)  thanking [...]

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Creating Enchanting Blog Content

September 1, 2011

You see, J.K. saw Harry Potter as a passport out of a life that she didn’t want. Harry Potter wasn’t just a story – it was destiny. It was epic. It was great. Her commitment to write it transcended the pages holding the ink. It was much more. via What J.K. Rowling Knows About Creating [...]

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Exploring with a Camera

August 26, 2011

From The Kat Eye View of the World- Exploring with a Camera. The Exploring with a Camera series is intended to inspire you to see the world around you in a different way, using the camera as a tool to deepen your experience of life. Why “Exploring” with a camera? Why not a “challenge” or [...]

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Book Blogger Appreciation Week

August 19, 2011

Book Blogger Appreciation was started by Amy Riley of My Friend Amy in an effort to recognize the hard work and contribution of book bloggers to the promotion and preservation of a literate culture actively engaged in discussing books, authors, and a lifestyle of reading. The first Book Blogger Appreciation was observed in the fall of 2008 [...]

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The 52 Weeks of Pagan Art Journaling Project

August 18, 2011

The 52 Weeks of Pagan Art Journaling project has already begun. Create a personal art journal which will have you tapping into the depths of who you are and what has developed in your soul, your heart, your inner depths). Take what you really believe in and bring it onto the page in words and [...]

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Home Staging as a Career

August 11, 2011

Home staging also known as home redesigning and real estate enhancement is about setting up a home to appeal to real estate buyers. The home staging service can be used by home builders, real estate agents or the individual home owner. Home staging is like public relations for the home selling market. Home staging plays [...]

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For the Letter Writers

August 2, 2011

I’ve written about letter writing before: Letter Writing and Letter Writing Fading to Black. But, it’s time for another look, to see what’s new, what I missed and just for the sake of the letter writers themselves (they who need to be appreciated). “Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.” [...]

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For International Zine Month

July 30, 2011

I made a zine, once. I didn’t distribute it. So I’m the only one who knows about it. But, the process was fun. Before I had a computer I hand wrote the contents, doodled and cut and pasted the rest. Then put my pages together with a cover. It was about the paranormal and the [...]

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Live: From the Surface of Mylife

July 20, 2011

From Calpurnius: A few years ago I shot a series of photos called LIVE: From the Surface of Mylife. They were simple scenes shot within my day at close range and composed as if they were taken from a NASA expedition. In honor of Atlantis’ last expedition in orbit, I present LIVE: From the Surface [...]

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Ubiquitous Photography

June 29, 2011

Do you use your digital camera or your camera phone to take a picture of something you want to remember, instead of writing the information down? I have been doing this more often. I think it started when I was in a bookstore with my Mother. She wanted me to write down the name of [...]

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