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Threading the Needle

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This is a Critique of the entire series of images. First off, I think the series makes a very strong artistic statement. Though for ...


I've been looking at this image for a few days now, trying to figure out why I find it interesting, and I think I finally hit on i...

by =JCallius

I feel this is a very well done, attractive, piece. He uses the basic design principles to great effect, particularly the repetition o...

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I have the same reaction to this as with Moving Water 1. I would suggest cropping the top 25% off of the image, and maybe even rotate i...

My fifteen minutes... begin counting!

Journal Entry: Sun Jun 7, 2009, 11:29 AM
  • Listening to: My iPod from A to Z
  • Reading: A Corpse at the Koryo, by James Church
  • Watching: The West Wing, season 2
From the depths of obscurity to fame and fortune!


(fifteen, fourteen, thirteen...)


Well, more like slightly less obscurity, a momentary prominence in dA's little corner of the internet, at least.

Of course, praise and recognition are always fun and satisfying. But it feels odd to get a DD on an image that, I have to say, is not one that I feel is among my strongest. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth at all.

I'm VERY glad that =EternalFallacy found it interesting enough to recommend, and that ^opioid would choose it! And I never post anything that I'm not happy enough with to put my signature on, as it were.

(twelve, eleven, ten...)

But getting a burst of activity and messages and comments makes me mull over, at least briefly, why it is I'm here on dA. For me, having a dA gallery basically serves as motivation to create new work. I try to post something new every week. Not that I have an artificial quota for myself, but because if a week goes by without something new to post, that means a week went by during which I didn't create anything worth posting. Which is a bummer, because the time I spend on my art pieces is so enjoyable and satisfying, though occasionally frustrating and *unsatisfying* if after many hours of work I end up with nothing, zip, just more files filling up the old hard drive.

(nine, eight, seven...)

And so, after a few unproductive weeks, as my dA traffic slows down from lack of new work, I get tempted to post something that I'm not entirely thrilled with, even though I tell myself repeatedly that it is the *quality* of the work that counts, not the quantity. So there's that inner conflict between the "only post the best" voice and the "Zero messages??... nobody loves me anymore" voice.

(six, five, four...)

But then when I see that the new visitors generated by the DD are looking through my whole gallery, and faving even some of the old pieces, I realize that there's probably truth to the old "there's no such thing as bad publicity" saying, and so I'm back to being thrilled to have a work of mine included amongst the DDs, and looking forward to working my way through the replies to the various messages, and hoping I'll have some time at the end to work on some more new stuff, and recommitting myself to only putting up things that I'm completely happy with, and hoping I can blow the socks off of all those new Watchers I've accumulated today. :-)

And a special Thank You to all my past Watchers and friends! DA is always a highlight of my day.

(three, two, one... and *back* to obscurity. Thank you Andy Warhol, wherever you are.)


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  • Current Residence: Southern California
  • Interests: Japanese Art, Zen Gardening, Scandanavian design
  • Favourite movie: Blue Velvet, Forbidden Planet
  • Favourite band or musician: Bjork, Kate Bush, The Ugly Baldwins
  • Favourite artist: Pre-Raphaelites, Post-Raphaelites
  • Favourite poet or writer: Iain Banks
  • Operating System: Liberal Democracy, mixed with a well-regulated market economy
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod
  • Shell of choice: conch
  • Wallpaper of choice: prefer paint (easier to de-do if I change my mind)
  • Skin of choice: my own
  • Favourite cartoon character: Aang (The Avatar), Speed Racer, Jonny Quest
  • Personal Quote: Seeking World Peace through Cascading Style Sheets
  • Tools of the Trade: Yearning for the days when all one needed was an exacto knife and some rubber cement.

Comments


Thanks, Keith :nod:

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Werd ich zum Augenblicke sagen:
Verweile doch! du bist so schön!
Thanks for the faves! :iconsecrethandshakeplz2:
very beautiful work
Very kind of you to say so, and thanks for visiting. :-)

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Proud member of D/d.U.T.R.T.W.O.C.H.S.
(Designers/developers United To Rid The Web Of "Click Here" Syndrome)
Thanks for the fav
Sincere thanks, Keith! :handshake:

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Werd ich zum Augenblicke sagen:
Verweile doch! du bist so schön!
Thanks for the :+fav: on Creme de cocoa - I thought you'd like it =D

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...all photographs are selfportraits. - Minor White
Ah, I'm *so* predictable. :-(

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Proud member of D/d.U.T.R.T.W.O.C.H.S.
(Designers/developers United To Rid The Web Of "Click Here" Syndrome)
:rose: Thank you so much for the :+fav:!

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:bug: :heart: :bug: "Don't Hurry, Don't Worry,
Don't Forget To Smell The Flowers....." :bug: :heart: :bug:
Keith, thanks for adding 'Upon a Time' to your faves. Take care!!

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Mark :flagcanada:

Carpe Surrealus! (Seize the fish!)

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