Been traveling and such lately, am behind in my posting. Gad, time is an enemy … or at least a fickle aquaintance.
Ok, so this post is a bit of a side track conversation. Well, maybe they all are. This one, though, isn’t related to an image I painted or created. This is one of those that are generally about housekeeping, intent and direction of this site.
I’m thinking time has come for me to turn this blog off Radio-Silent and into the open air waves. I’ve maintained it for a long time now, basically for an audience of me. Thinking maybe it’s time to move it out … of course knowing that, moving it out might only culminate in a visit or two, and not be much of a change after-all … a bit of a non-event as they say. Or, I might find it adds pressure to post more often, and with better content.
So, one wonders what End-Game is. Truth is, for me, it won’t be a success if I get a thousand followers … nor a ton of sales. Success would be, I believe, some happy visitors who get some enjoyment out of it, or see themselves as fellow-travelers or artistic meanderers and relate to it in some ways. Could be, with my using the verbiage I have (peripatetic, desultroy, etc), most might just see me as a nut dropping words I’ve looked up. (Steinbeck, writing Wayward Bus … looking for a word to match Spanish “vacilando” … couldn’t really find one, they ended up with “wayward” (see Life in Letters, the notation below letter dated July 12, 1945 )…. Didn’t think of it when I began this, but it occurs to me that my peripatetic/desultory kinda all add up to vacilador … traveling somewhere but not caring if you get there or not … I like that too).
Anyways, I simply do hope these posts make some connection with those who are learning, varied in their artistic interests, and pursuing fun. And so, guess I’ll move out on this … over-the-top, lads!
To do so, I think I’ll do a couple things, neither of which are dramatic, save-the-date type of actions. First, I think I’ll simply start letting people I know (and those I run into meandering thru life) that I have a site and invite them to visit. Secondly, and hand-in-hand with that, I think I’ll produce a little business card that shows the site address. Purpose of the card is to avoid someone from writing down the wrong info, avoiding the pencil-less situations that forces me/them to rely on memory (Heaven forbid), and to avoid those inevitable times when I’d give the wrong info).
Here’s a couple card mock-ups: I’ll use the spinning top illustration from my home page. I think I like the caution-yellow panel at the bottom, but the “- PATIENCE REQUIRED BEYOND THIS POINT – ” needs to be larger like the top card. I think this will be a useful tool for me (instead of my memory).
🙂 and onward …
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