Scene from the Candy Aisle

Striding along the grocery section in Walmart, I slowed my pace when I spotted bags of Lifesavers, Starbursts, and the like. Is that the candy aisle? It's been months since the store remodeled, but I'm still getting used to the new layout.

A few steps closer and I could tell that it was where I was looking for. Two young women – college-aged, early 20s? – each held a bag or two of candy and were discussing the merits of their choices or possibly the options. I was just soaking in their English accents.

"Do you remember when we were in New York...?"

What are you doing here? I wondered. They left the aisle, still chatting, as a mid-twentyish couple came in.

The tough-looking guy with a few days facial hair's growth said, "I feel like I've just been to Harry Potter Land."

His girlfriend laughed and so did I.

That was kind of mean. Right? He waited until they were out of sight to say it. Why did I laugh?

Because I didn't expect him (or anyone for that matter) to use Harry Potter to reference their English accents. OK, so not mean then. Yay.

(You too can overanalyze innocent interludes. Send $19.95 right now and I'll tell you how!)

Sparkles and shadows

A year ago on TTaT: Lilies

Spring thaw waters

Some icy water to cool off on this hot July day.


4 years ago on TTaT: Fireworks over the moon, Unique? Not so much

Sketchbook, page 36

(Other pages)

The process of filling a 120 60 page sketchbook and posting it all by year's end continues:

p.14 Bridgman's Book of 100 Hands "The Hand – Back View"

A year ago on TTaT: 30 years to the day, give or take a year

Sticks and stones...

...and water.


A year ago on TTaT: AFP

Life of Art SitRep #21

A series to mark what I did to further my pursuit of a life sustained by my art each week. Committing to these posts is a commitment to action, because to have content for them, I have to do something. Every week. If you have any sort of goal you're pursuing, feel free to share your efforts of the past week in the comments. Or encouragement, that's good too.

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This week, I

• Prepped and uploaded Sandstone Fins to create complete product line:
  
  
  
  Sandstone Fins by RocklawnArts
  View other Sandstone fins Cards
• Finished creating rest of product lines for The Link, Bokeh in Spring.
• Tweeted, FB'd, blogged July 4th sale:

  17.76% off all orders
  until July 5, 2010 at 11:59pm PDT at my photo shop, Rocklawn Arts
  Use coupon code: ZAZZLEUSAUSA

• Created film horizontal templates for print, mousepad, button, magnet, keychain, stickers, bumper sticker, apron, tote bag, alt. binder, and mug.
• Design element for back of postcard in photoshop and made postcard template.
• Read some more about custom store design in forum.
• Edited/rearranged my product notes file.
• Changed order of shop panels on shop page of ttat, also changed link in sidebar to Rocklawn Arts zazzle store.
• Watched/listened to Mojo Marketing Plan Free Webinar.
• Changed my email signatures to include www.RocklawnArts.com
• Scanned 9 drawings.
• Decided to start posting more photos on TTaT even if it's just one at a time. Started.

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What did you do to pursue the life you want this week?


4 years ago on TTaT: Part of the family

Less thinking, more photos

I spend a lot of time mentally curating. In the past 3 months, I shot over 4000 photographs. How many have I posted? Ok, so I got tired of counting 2 months back around 60, but it's still easy to answer: not that many. Less than 5%.

I'm not saying I want to post everything. I believe it's crucial to be discerning about one's work, but I also know that more than 5% of my photos are good. They may not all meet my quality criteria for my photography shop, but they are still worth sharing.

So, in an effort to bypass the procrastination-inducing time suck of selecting and preparing multiple photos, I'm going to start posting more single shots. I'm starting with the batch I started March 16 and working forward, selecting my favorite shots from each roll as I go. Once I'm through all of those, I'll go back to my older photo archive and begin again.

Seems fitting I write this exactly 1 year after The nature of art and creativity.

Here's to more photos!


A year ago on TTaT: The nature of art and creativity