I began the day with a chocolate muffin. Costco sells good chocolate muffins! A chocolate muffin, a grape juice and a Zimbabwe coffee. A good start! Hitting the major food groups: chocolate, Vitamin C, and caffeine!
Then I went to my well worn chair in front of the computer and checked on the discussion groups which I participate in. I wished my friends a Happy Mother's Day No Matter What Day. Then I went to squidoo.com where I looked at the stats for the lenses I created. Still not much traffic. I went to their discussion forums to look for suggestions. While there I introduced myself in the thread for new members and also wrote a post asking for a critique in the forum for Critiques. Subsequently a "Squidoo Angel" responded and gave me a "Squidoo Angel Blessing" on the Guest Book of the Lancaster County Art Association Squidoo Page. A delightful surprise! While I don't yet see traffic, I was pleased to get a pat on the back from a Squidoo Angel! Yea!
I had thought of working on some new images today but the way that the day is going, I don't know if I'll get to that. I will bring my camera when I go out and maybe I will create something then. We are going to see the movie, "The Band's Visit," later today. The link that I provided is to a review that intrigued me enough that I want to see it. Watching movies is one of my hobbies. I love good movies.
At the LCAA's Annual Meeting on May 1, artist Andy Smith was the featured speaker. His topic was about his participating in "A Painting A Day." It is about marketing and inspiration and attitude. Listening to Andy inspired me to get back to writing in my blog, something I've neglected for months. I am thinking that "A Photograph A Day," might be a good idea for me. Like my NonDaily Pic but a Daily Pic! Perhaps making an image a day would be a way for me to get some self discipline in my life as far as my art goes.
Also today I'll be doing some work on our ebay listings. We're working on 75 listings of tobacco cards. I did forty scans of them on Saturday and Jimmy is currently working on the descriptions and the listings. I need to scan the rest of them this afternoon.
Now that I have more time, you will see more of my writing online about myself and my projects than you've seen in the last four years. I now have the time to get back to my own projects.
Ginny
Ginny's Links:
Virginia Caputo Photography
Ginny & Jim's Squidoo eBay Store Page
Ginny & Jim's eBay Store: Imajgin Antiques Photography Books
The Lancaster County Art Association
The LCAA's Squidoo Page
I've been a Past President of the LCAA for nine days now. The one difference it makes is that I feel less weight of responsibility on my shoulders. The last week has been too busy still with work for the LCAA. I am not at that point yet where I can call as much of my time my own as I'd like. I'll continue to be doing lots of work for the LCAA but not as much as I have for the last four years. The major decisions now are up to the new President and the board. I am still on the board.
Almost every day I've been checking the statistics for the Squidoo lenses I created last week. The only visitors that the LCAA lens has had yet were LCAA members to whom I emailed a link. That is disappointing that there aren't more visitors. There have been no visitors at all to the Squidoo lens I made for our ebay store. Thus I went to work on making the lenses more likely to attract visitors. I added keywords to both. Perhaps that will make a difference. These Squidoo lenses are works in progress.
I've felt exhausted lately. More exhausted than I think I should feel. Perhaps my thyroid medication needs adjusting? I see the endocrinologist in early June.
I am looking forward to getting back to working on my own art. I have been missing it.
Another slight stumbling block is that I feel torn between the old means of creating images with film and the new widely accepted digital technology. I love the convenience of digital cameras but still prefer the characteristics of images created with film. To get the quality that I want in an image without going to great expense, I would love to continue to use film but the realities and the positive attributes (convenience, instant gratification, printmaking capabilities) of the current technology make digital means of image creation to be too seductive to ignore.
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Ginny
This last week I discovered Squidoo and created two lenses: one for the Lancaster County Art Association and one for our ebay store.
Squidoo is interesting. I intend to create some more lenses when I have some time. This last week has been crazy as I've been so busy. But life might ease up some soon as I am now a Past President of the LCAA and should have less responsibility than I've had for the last two years (and two years before that as the V.P.)
Ginny
Carol Herr & Beth Stepenaski discuss plans for the upcoming exhibit and party on October 27 at the Lancaster County Art Association.
I won First Prize for one of my dandelion scanograms at Photography as Fine Art II at the Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, PA. The exhibit continues until September 9.
As of today, I still haven't gotten there. Soon, soon! I've seen the catalogue and it is beautiful! One of my other pieces is shown online in the Gallery page for the exhibit.
Ginny
Chubby's believes in utilizing materials as long as they still work.
