past personal diary entries of an artist - from 10 jul 04
Hi,
First, this morning's art journal collage:
click to see larger (65k)If you're used to seeing my art at my blog webpage, or at LiveJournal.com (where I'm "aisling"), LiveJournal is having some Very Big Problems, and using it is too time-consuming while I try to work around their glitches. Until they're back on track, I'll post my art here. Or maybe I'll just switch back to this altogether. I'll see how it goes.
Anyway...
Yesterday included a very funny incident: I was waiting in my car while HT dashed into the bank to deposit his paycheck. And, some car salesman (no, there's no lot nearby) knocked on my window. First, he asked me if I could back out of the parking space okay, since he'd parked his truck (next to me) rather crookedly. I said yes, I drove in okay, I could back up just as easily.
His next line--and, as Dave Barry says, I am not making this up--"Didn't I see your photo on Match.com?" My slightly surly reply, "No." With a glare.
And then he tried to sell me a car. Gave me his business card and everything.
After several more minutes of strained civility, I looked in my outside mirror and saw HT approaching, and I smiled (all mushy, as always) and announced, "Oh! There's my sweetie!"
The obnoxious car salesman turned pale (HT is muscular and has the shaved-head-and-goatee look to an art... and he probably looks intimidating to some people) and blurted, "See ya!"
He hopped into his truck and drove away so fast... And HT and I laughed like crazy! HT then came up with a variety of funny phone calls that he could make to the very rattled car salesman (after all, he'd left his card) and so the drive to work was even funnier than usual.
Meanwhile, I'm still wincing that I hadn't updated this diary page for months after Artfest. Even worse, I stopped doing art journal collages then. *sigh* I am so glad not to be pretending that it was a great Artfest any more. And, I'm glad to be back to the kind of journaling that I do. I've realized that if I don't live & speak authentically, it shows up in other areas of my life as well. Including my art.
Speaking of art, I'm considering alternatives to the spontaneous eBay listings. I know that it makes people crazy if they have to watch my blog or LJ page--especially when it's on-again/off-again--or they might miss a painting that they'd love to own. (My art is selling that quickly right now. Most paintings sell at the "Buy It Now" price, within minutes of being listed.)
Oh, I'll keep throwing smaller pieces into eBay at random throughout the week (usually Monday through Thursday). But, I'm thinking of creating a page here at my website, that will feature art that you can simply buy via PayPal. I'd post the new art--at a scheduled time--once or twice a week, so you'd know when to look for it.
I'm also thinking of listing a bunch of auctions all at once, also at a scheduled time. That way, if you miss one of the spontaneous sketches at eBay, at least you know that there'll be more art at a particular day/time.
I may also create an announce only Yahoo group, strictly for those who want an announcement each time I have art for sale.
These are all ideas that I'm playing with this weekend, considering whether they'll make life easier or more complicated.
But mostly, I'm taking the weekend off. HT and I are going up to The Woodlands to the mall, just to see it. He says that there's a lovely bridge there that lights up at night or something. And we're also going to our new apartment--which should be empty now--to see what the views are like out the windows, how well-lit it is, and so on.
It's going to be a lovely weekend. We are SO very happy together!
Wishing you rich and creative days filled with dazzling inspiration,
