Lost Aussie on the loose

Over at the Altered Page - A New Pulse

Acrosss at the Altered Page, Seth is getting ready to unveil the latest episode of "The Pulse".

and to mercilessly borrow from his eloquent words ... The Pulse is ...

...." an online survey in words and pictures of over 125 artists, starts out with a bang this coming Fourth of July weekend.
The Pulse is a collaborative project that has been part of The Altered Page since January 2008.
Its purpose is to "tap into the pulse" of the mixed-media arts community and share with you the "state of the art."
This project will introduce you to new artists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, and provide a window into the creative hearts and minds of the talented pool of artists working today."
Seth Apter.

Seth is also introducing Style File - a response to ‘How would you describe your artistic style’.

I'm not quite sure if I can remember what I said, but apparently it's going to be part of the "Style File".
So check out Seth's page this weekend.
It's sure to be full of artistic goodness and delight!

What is your Blog about?

  I was reading Seth's article about Blogging and I have to say when I started this blog nearly SIX Years ago, I did not have a "Vision" for it per se.  It was meant to act as a visual and texted chronicle about my life, stuff and whatever the heck I pleased.

Since I dont really "Art Journal" in the traditional sense, this is my version of it.

Seth's survey of bloggers determined that most blog visitors want to visit other people's blogs with the intent of viewing Art and are less interested in commentary. personal or otherwise.

I don't know that I agree with that.  I tend to find that I get the most response out of my viewers when I post subject matter that requires a little bit of discourse or (pleasant) controversy - or where you as the reader get to express an opinion.

Either way, vision enabled or not, I don't really plan on changing how I do things here.
I have looked through older posts and cringed at some of the artwork I have posted.
I have looked through older posts and seen how I have grown over the years and how my artwork, ideas and subject matter have changed.
My sons are six years older and I am twice as married as I was when I started.

And not to diminish my readers in any way, but this blog will continue to be for "me".  Selfish yes, but it's my tiny spot on the planet where, like you, I get to have my voice in an unconditional manner (politics aside).

My other blogs do a JOB and serve a purpose but this one is just mine.

Some days there is art, other days there are thoughts and for the most part I do a good job at editing all of that so it's palatable ....

I love that you come visit and I hope you continue to do so .....   Blogging Rocks!

Masking Tape Magic

Always in search of something new to create texture and backgrounds - I've been messing around with masking tape today.  It makes a great substrate for printing on and you can get quite creative in the brush department too.

And while blog browsing, I found this over at Kind Over Matter and thought you might enjoy it!

Buried Treasure

In his usual inimitable style, Seth over at the Altered Page has come along with yet another 'blogworld must-do'....ergo to dig back into your old blog posts and find something that really floats your boat and is worth re-visiting. 

Hmmm ... since I have been blogging since August 2005, have posted 703 entries, had 3,169 comments and 50,161 visitors.......trolling back through that lot is no mean feat, however I given that I am off to have my increasingly blurry eyesight tested (again) on Saturday - I figured the following post which was featured a couple of months ago in Artful Blogging might be rather apropos!

January 14, 2008
As my birthday looms and I get towards the end of the "40" something digits I find that I am getting more comfortable with my 'older' self - in most ways at any rate. Inside there will always be the teenager who liked to flirt with the cute boy at the front of the Physics class and who snuck off to the locker room to hike up her gym slip just a bit further than Mother allowed..the twenty something girl who thought the world was her oyster and traveled and partied hard, the thirty person who "thought"? she had it all figured out enough to have a couple of children and be totally grown-up and self-sufficient and then the 40'ish gal, all sophisticated and sorted out (ha!)... So mentally I am comfortable with all that has been going on, what I did not count on was that the "machine" might fail along the way, and in places that I had not imagined! I'm ok with the laughter lines and shopping for bras that have more ah-hem 'support', what I CANNOT deal with is not being able to SEE properly! I woke up about a year ago and was quite unable to read the phone book...oh hell and darn, so a pair of flash new spectacles was the only solution. But even a year later I find it to be the most frustrating deterioration of what has been a perfectly good bod' up until now. How do you read the tiny fine print on the back of the bottle of goop you have bought for your hair, sopping wet in the shower? and I never remember to take the 'specs' shopping, so in the book store today all I can do is look at the pretty pictures and heave a sigh of relief when it's time to go elsewhere. So frustrating! Eyeeyeeye...if only to have 20-something eyes again!

Thanks Seth - for yet another fun and interesting challenge and I look forward to reading the rest of the buried treasure that is linked to The Altered Page!