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• humble beginnings
  by Christopher Ewing

  I think every photographer has pretty much the same story, when asked, how did you get into photography? All the answers are the same ”...

  I think every photographer has pretty much the same story, when asked, how did you get into photography? All the answers are the same “I have always had a camera in hand, finally decided to make a go at doing it professional because I love it” / I know when I first picked up my camera at the age of nine, I loved it, had it with me all the time. It wasnt until many many years later til a friend finally convinced me to make that HUGE step in allowing anyone and everyone to see what I have shot and go “pro”. I always took the kind words of friends with alittle grain of salt when they would compliment my shots. I knew deep down I didnt quite have it right. I didnt “feel” I had done all I could do. I also felt they were being “nice”, and didnt want to hurt my feelings. So I basically shrugged it off for many years. Thanks to the internet, I had the capability to finally allow more then just friends to see my world through my eye in photograhy. So I finally took that step. / It was a huge step for me, at times I can still feel the butterflies in my stomach when I added a new shot, or even bring out a old one for all to see. Will it be a hit? Is it good enough? Will the public like it and want to buy it? Hell I still feel that way! / So many questions go thru one’s head when they put themselves out there with a passion they truely believe in. / I wont ever forget the very first time someone actually bought something of mine. WOW the rush I got! It just didnt seem Real. I went back a few times, checking out my account status and sure enough, I had finally Sold my work. I never really thought MY work would be good enough that someone I didnt know would want to buy it. I thought about my friends who had said I should take it more seriously from years past, and occassionally I do feel the regret I didnt get into it professionally then. Especially now when everyone has a digital camera and has become instant photographers. I’m here in a world of massive photographers from all over the country, trying to make a living off of it! Which means to me, I need to Learn and produce some of the best shots I possibily can. / The thing tho, it is in my blood, shooting, recording history with this little piece of equipment called a camera. Working on something that is artistic or different. I used to be intimidated by those photographers who had all that expensive gear, and fancy set-ups. At times I would hold my little film camera in hand and think to myself. Hell I can accomplish the same thing with this, as they can with that. But I would still find myself shying away from them, going off into my own little world. I think thru the few years I have openly put my work out in the public. One of the main things I will always remember and that is where I came from, where I started. I still get shy when I am around someone who wants to buy my work. I get sweaty when I am trying to get them a print of the shot they want, making sure it is as perfect as it can possibily be. So many times I feel the words “thank you” isnt enough as they happily go off with MY work!! To this day I still cant find more words to show my gratitude and honor. / I have met quite a few photogs, from all different levels, newbies, mid-ways, and the so called pros. Some have made an impression on me, some I dont ever care to see again. The ones that made the biggest impression on me, where the ones that were just like me, still humbled someone finds their work good enough to buy and show off in their home. The one’s who have snubbed their noses at me due to them having better equipment, or maybe had a few shows, or they are known in their town or known well thru the internet didnt impress me at all. Actually they made me realize exactly what I do NOT want to be as I progess in this field I have chosen. It doesnt matter if you have a throw away camera, or the multi dollar equipment on if you can produce an outstanding shot or not. I think one’s attitude has a lot to do with how successful they are, not what type of equipment they can buy. We all know better equipment does help, but it shouldnt ever change the attitude we all had when we first got started. / The humbleness and gratitude should be the same whether we are just starting or have been in it for 20 or more years. / You dont have to go to school, have a lot of money for high dollar equipment to produce some outstanding work. It’s all in the “eye”, it is how you see things, how you react when someone critiques or compliments. Its all about learning to use the equipment you have and making it work. / No one in this profession should ever lose that humble feeling just because they have improved. There will always be newbies behind you. One should always remember at one time, THEY were newbies. That is something I wont ever forget, the fact I too was once a newbie. Many have helped me, given me tips, they still do. I am like a sponge absorbing all information and tips. I use the input and incorportate it for what works for me and my situation at hand. When I see some people ranting and raving about quality, it really tears me up. It actually pisses me off. No one ever started with the perfectly focused shot, or the perfect exposure. We all started out not knowing a thing. It takes practice, it takes someone helping you along, it takes some honest good feedback, and of course a pat on the back does help build confidence. But we must all learn to listen to what we got Wrong, how else can we improve? In my case, and others who have progressed, Id like to see more helping out the newbies. Instead of ranting and raving about one’s quality of work, help that person. It could be a simple fix, something that person was clueless about and very grateful for the advice. / I had made a pledge to myself years ago when I started on my first public website with so much competition. I wouldnt ever be one of the ones who complained about another’s work. Hell if anything I would rant and rave about how a program used to help a shot is abused with oversaturation on colors or contrast. That is where a rant should be, the abuse of photography…not the learning. The reason I wrote this journal is because of a few forum threads I read. I immediately flashed back to a site I was very happy to get off of because of things just like this. There were more people that had improved and now felt it was their duty to point out flaws instead of helping fix them. / So photographers, even tho you have advanced and you’re more popluar due to your good work. Dont ever forget where you started from. Just because you might be able to buy all the top of line gear, your attitude and humbleness shouldnt ever change. Remember how YOU got started, and where YOU came from. Things YOU had to learn to improve. / But the thing you need to learn the most..is to stay humble, pass on what you have learnt, help someone out instead of spending time complaining, in time your own work will lack that flair. Helping someone in turn helps YOU, helps you remember where you came from, helps you stay sharp on techniques to use…remember….Pass It On. I am hoping that all that read this journal, will remember where and how and what they got started with. If it pissed you off, well to a degree I am sorry, but then to a degree I am not sorry. I hope this journal will make you think of how you might be treating someone who is willing to learn. I dont think there will be one person that does read this, can say..they didnt start out the same way as myself and so many others. / As I tell anyone who is beginning or mid-way, or even pros…. / practice, practice, Practice..and just when you think you have it ALL down…..... Practice some more!

• A Great Big THANK YOU!
  by Jan Landers

  A great big THANK YOU to Thom, tchiphead2 / who purchased ‘In the Beginning’ card…. I am…

  A great big THANK YOU to Thom, tchiphead2 / who purchased ‘In the Beginning’ card…. I am honored and grateful to you, Thom, and send you many blessings along with this card…. Peace to you, / Jan /

• Mr Goodnight : the beginning of a beautiful r'ship!
  by ENaLu

  Many moons ago (actually I think it was another life) / I worked with crystals and incense and ommmm c.d’s / chanting in the background of…

  Many moons ago (actually I think it was another life) / I worked with crystals and incense and ommmm c.d’s / chanting in the background of a funny little new age shop…... / naturally / twas full of tarot, angel, dragon, dolphin, you get the idea, oracle cards, / and I always wanted to do a deck of ugly goddesses OR depressed mermaids,something naughty you know / cos everything is SO reduced to the lowest form of dribble-dom / affirmations, and rainbows and just believe in unicorns….. / now that is all well and good, but I wanted cards that would / manifest love in my life, preferably / in the shape of a man, ha ha!!! We need the tangible! So I started making these mystery men post it notes, at first it was Johnny Depp or Alan Rickman, or James Spader or Keenu Reeves with bubbles coming out of their mouths, and they would say kind, cheeky, loving, encouraging stuff to me. / I would stick em everywhere, :))))))) then i started to black out the guys, so you could project whom ever you wanted. Each card came with a message from your “guy”, and you shuffled and spread em out, asked questions, just like all the other oracle love cards! / So two nights back I had made some sketches called Waiting for Mr Goodnight, stories emerged, and then JakkiO made a comment that she was still waiting for Mr Goodnight, and the idea rushed back to me. / Everything just gelled in that moment I knew I had to bring this idea to life. The first two here: Mr Goodnight and the Gold Abstract Lamp and Mr Goodnight and the Laughing Lady Lamp, are my first experiments and they have already done their job! / I met this guy at work today! and KAPOOOOWWWWie!!! / he asked me out on a date tommorrow night!!!! / Taaaaa dahhhhhh!!! the funny thing is his initials are M.G!!!! :)))))))) PS I will be taking orders for Mr Goodnight Love Oracle Cards / real soooon girls, so put your hand up and pick out a favorite lamp!!! / this is dedicated to you all Lots of love the E- l a t e d xxxxooooxxxxxxxx

• I FOUND A ROOM!
  by webgrrl

  Last nite i was called back for a second interview with a household in Coburg, and i got accepted!!!! Woooohooooo!! Its with a creative …

  Last nite i was called back for a second interview with a household in Coburg, and i got accepted!!!! Woooohooooo!! Its with a creative household of Sculpturer/Yoga teacher/tabla drummer, a Geologist/Guitarist/Amplifer builder and a sound engineer who all into organic food and garden. So my soon to be new home will be a short distance from the funky brunswick area. WooHoooo… and its a Big Room and they just moved in the house few weeks ago..and welcomes much of my stuff that i otherwise would have to sell/give away.. They gave me the key last nite, and tonite i head back there to give the bond&rent Let the packing begin!!

• The End of the Beginning
  by MtnMan

  Not everybody knows that I have been home awhile nursing a lower back injury back to health. It seems I have been successful and will act…

  Not everybody knows that I have been home awhile nursing a lower back injury back to health. It seems I have been successful and will actually return to work next week after having had almost three weeks to just rest, go to physical therapy and hang out at the bubble. This site has matured and grown and developed a personality of it’s own, a fun place suited to my tastes and pastimes. / I have met and gotten to know so many people in the last month, all of whom in their own way are an inspiration to me. When I do go back to work, I will miss having the time to do right by you all, who have taken the time to come by and spend time with me. If I miss something, do not be too shy to knock on my bubble, I will come by and take the trouble…

• Anyone bring the marshmallows?
  by clone42

  Today I arose to disaster. I won’t bore you with the details, but it’s a complete mess. / A lot of you know a little of my cheerful ado…

  Today I arose to disaster. I won’t bore you with the details, but it’s a complete mess. / A lot of you know a little of my cheerful adoration for disaster. / Some of you reading this know a little about the mess I’m talking about. Some think you do, and some couldn’t care less. They say that having a fantail (or Piwakawaka,) come into your home is a sign of things coming together. / Sometimes it signifies death, sometimes birth. / When I got up, I had two fantails fighting in my dining room this morning. I suffered death on this day, a long long time ago. / This is a day of memorial for a lot of people close to me. / Closer to the surface, today is a beautiful day. / Today I know where I am and where I want to be. / The clouds have opened, and I’m going to go out and get a tan. They say that the ultimate fertiliser for the forest is fire. / Burn it to the ground, and it comes back twice as strong – it just takes a while. I feel good about being alive today and I will play in the ashes of all I have burnt. / I want to get as filthy as I can, so I can wash the gray scum from my body. My eyes feel like I’ve been crying for hours on end, bawling into my chest – but I haven’t. / It’s just the phantom pain of a lost limb. / I feel an emotional appendage, severed from my body, though still very much attached in my mind. Oh boy, is it itchy. / I think this itch is going to be my saviour today, and I will roll it around in my mouth and savour every second. / That ethereal itch is going to be the fire-blanket I’ll throw over the ache of loss. Ironic, isn’t it? Loss is a concept. / It is not tangible. / It is not real. / Nothing is ever lost, it just changes shape. / The things we thought we had, once lost, become a tangible lack. / Sometimes they won’t just fuck off and set fire to themselves like we wish. I set fire to someone today. / Not ‘today’, per-say – it was another day with a similar bunch of numbers for a name. Today I will paint myself with their ashes so as to hide the true colour of my gaunt face, reminding me of the fire I tried in vain to light last night. Ok, so – time to cosy up next to a raging brushfire of pain and loss, and scratch the itch of a phantom limb. / The smoke’s going to get in my eyes, and tears are going to well up. The tears won’t fall. They’ll become part of the caked up detritus that hides my feeling of deep lacking Sweet as.

• 06/19/08 Viva La Bonita ;-)
  by VanSnuG

  A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words and Her Pictures are the Best Examples. You will always be Live, Love, Dream Group’s inspiration. Congr…

  A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words and Her Pictures are the Best Examples. You will always be Live, Love, Dream Group’s inspiration. Congratulation for your new website. May the Force (halt) I mean, May Inspiration and Passion for ART be with You ALWAYS. on the lower note: / WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO My Winter’s Sunset is Featured at Live, Love, Dream today.

• I want to start a website me thinks, but where do I begin??
  by Jane Keats

  What do you suggest? / I’d like to get more exposure because I have a lot of time I can now start putting into photography. I know I have…

  What do you suggest? / I’d like to get more exposure because I have a lot of time I can now start putting into photography. I know I have lots to learn still, but I’d like to get out there a bit.

• Charity begins at Red Bubble
  by Melinda Kerr

  Hey guys just a thought. I sell a heap of my stuff for charity. Like this / !http://www.redbubble.com/rbimages/card_product_preview/possib…

  Hey guys just a thought. I sell a heap of my stuff for charity. Like this / / Anyway, I’ve noticed some other people at RB do too, so I was wondering if anyone would be interested if I did a one-off newsletter or something like that about what can be bought here for charity. I’m happy to interview or whatever it takes. Some people have shown a really kind interest in my stuff and I’m sure there’s heaps more aout there. / What d’ya reckon????

• My Ramble for the Day
  by lolowe

  Everything flows from a state not unlike that of the deepest sleep. Rhythms slow down, to a point where it seems that everything has beco…

  Everything flows from a state not unlike that of the deepest sleep. Rhythms slow down, to a point where it seems that everything has become still. Dreams and reality collide, or rather, they mesh to form this strangely altered and beautiful existence. No one knows whether we live the dream or dream our lives anymore. I’ve found that the world to me is but a waking dream. Everything starts off so slowly and then we’re rushed. Rushed to the plot, the confict the climax and then we’re swayed by the eventual fall, the end. We hear ourselves talking, motivating us to take one step forward, or perhaps a step back. But never do we feel quite in control, as if we’re on the outside looking in. Have you ever thought back to your memories? How do you see them, through your own eyes, or are you looking at yourself from somewhere above? It’s strange how we make the choice, to live or watch. It’s the way we are I guess. I’ve been thinking a lot about the end. Not death really, just the end. The end of everything. I never really saw it as death, but just as a resting period before things awaken. It’s like we are all drifting into the quiet place, and when we are aware again, we realize just what our lives had truly been; a fog. A thick fog that only dissipates when the sunlight is strong enough to shatter it’s hold. I guess I’m waiting for the sunlight. One so strong that everything becomes illuminated.

• Beginnings is Featured!
  by RavenSoul

  Beginnings Is featured in Pixelations The Art Of Photoshop...

  Beginnings Is featured in Pixelations The Art Of Photoshop Thank you SO MUCH! I am so honored to be among All you creative geniuses. You just keep inspiring me to do Better! {{ hugs }}

• And the Fundraising begins! Thank You!
  by Suni Pruett

  Thank you to whomever bought a card of Beautiful Butterfly! I appreciate it so much… You have started the ball rolling! From now unti…

  Thank you to whomever bought a card of Beautiful Butterfly! I appreciate it so much… You have started the ball rolling! From now until Christmas Day (December 25) all of the proceeds that I make from sales will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charity. It is a wonderful orginazation and has helped not only may family but millions of others as well. This is a charity that is very personal to me because they helped tremendously when my twin daughters were born and I decided to do my share to help them with their cause. Here is their website if you would like more information. Once again I would like to send a huge Thank you to whomever bought my card…your purchase will help a child or family in need!! Thank you very much! Suni

• Let’s Begin With Sorry
  by jkp07

  The Australian government will apologise to Aboriginal people on behalf of all Australians. The apology is for the wrong done to Aborigin…

  The Australian government will apologise to Aboriginal people on behalf of all Australians. The apology is for the wrong done to Aboriginal children who were dispossessed of their families when so much had already been taken from them. This is an important and long overdue event. It is a test of our moral character in the face of a very grim reality. There are those that object, deniers. Some are journalists who merely hope to flog a few more newspapers by generating controversy where there is none. The rest are just fools. There can be no serious objection for the need to apologise lest the world be flat and the Moon made of cheese. Every Australian has gained as a result of the exploitation of Aboriginal people and their land. Every Australian has lost also. It is obvious that more has been lost than gained. I add my voice to the chorus of deep and heartfelt sorrow for the past, not as an individual or a member of a particular racial or cultural group, but as one among a people, the Australian people. Perhaps one day I can be proud of that name?

• War is Over - All About Creativity, Truth, The Paradigm Shift, and 2012 - Merry Christmas?
  by Curtis Bard

  Some people believe that multi-universes and multiple-dimensions that contain life are infinitely large and also infinitely small, and th…

  Some people believe that multi-universes and multiple-dimensions that contain life are infinitely large and also infinitely small, and that our nuclear devices have the potential to disrupt or actually destroy entire infinitely small or dimensionally close domains that are teaming with life. Perhaps this potential threat that we pose to ourselves and to others is one of the reasons we are soon to be warned to alter our course; to transcend our destructive tendencies, become more enlightened, and develop in a more harmonious and compatible way. People are beginning to awaken spiritually and realize that everything is connected, that God and the creative force is within us and we are within it. That we need a new, more truthful, paradigm that allows us to be more loving, forgiving, peaceful, and whole. That we are co-creators of our future and of our perception of truth and reality. That we are all One, and that globally we are all One Family, and we should act accordingly, with an attitude of respect, dignity, and equality of value toward each other, the Earth, and toward all of life. Free will is a universal quality or characteristic that all high-level life shares, so these important choices are up to us. If good people work together we can overcome our cultural differences, embrace the vast diversity of life, solve our global problems, and change our evolutionary direction toward a more healthy and productive outcome. Click below on YouTube for the new John Lennon peace video produced recently by Yoko Ono. (The lyrics are there too.) / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvNRHrKyaX4 Their message and best advice was, and still is, the same. This is their Dream with a capital D, this is their Vision of the Future, this is what they truly Believe In, this is their fondest Wish, this is their most heart-felt Prayer. And now for the first time in human history, this must also become the Shared Vision that all good people willingly adopt. The ONE thing we must do together if we are to survive as a species: WAR IS OVER / If you want it What do you want for Christmas now and in 2012?

• Featured work " Life Begins" in Bits & Pieces
  by ELENNE BOOTHE

  Thank you so much for featuring my work / you have bless my day and heart. / !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ularge/view:main/1…

  Thank you so much for featuring my work / you have bless my day and heart. /

• Beginnings
  by Paul Gibbons

  I opened my account yesterday and have uploaded a few of my first photographs taken with my new Digital Camera. For many years I have…

  I opened my account yesterday and have uploaded a few of my first photographs taken with my new Digital Camera. For many years I have used different media to express my photographic artistry, it would be fantastic to learn new techniques and evolve new ideas. I would be grateful for any feedback good or bad, after all we can all learn and grow together.

• Beginning: blue butterflies & a couple of flowers
  by Nikki Trexel

  Will anyone ever read this? I have my doubts. :) But I’m bored at work and I’m 100% hooked on this site. I uploaded five pictures…

  Will anyone ever read this? I have my doubts. :) But I’m bored at work and I’m 100% hooked on this site. I uploaded five pictures to start out with. I have so many more that I can hardly wait to share! The Morpho ones are among my favorites. If anyone has any tips for getting the most out of RedBubble, let me know! Here’s who I am. I live in the Midwest, so the natural beauty here is of the gentle, sweeping kind: no mountains, oceans or canyons. But that’s okay, because flowers and tiny bits of nature are where I draw much of my inspiration. I believe that God made beauty so we would be drawn to him through the supernatural, inexplicable “music for the eyes” that is so plentiful all around us. As music for our ears is composed of harmony and melody and rhythm, so art for our eyes is composed of light and color and spacing. Art and music are the same, and come from the same Artist. There would be no beauty and no music if there were no Supernatural. Sometimes I hesitate to capture an image, either out of reverence for a timeless moment or out of fear that I will be under-representing something extraordinary. But the images I do capture, and minimally process, are from my soul, and I feel more alive when I look at them. It is being a part of creation, delighting in God’s abundant gifts and thanking him for the eyes to see. “Dear, if eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.” -Emerson

• The Countdown - Get Ready
  by S.I. Sheehan and T.H. Repasky

  As of today, November 9th, 2007, there are 1869 days left until the Winter Solstice 2012. There are 1869 days until the completion of …

  As of today, November 9th, 2007, there are 1869 days left until the Winter Solstice 2012. There are 1869 days until the completion of the current 26,000 year cycle of the procession of the equinoxes. 1869 days until the Age of Aquarius comes into being. 1869 days until the end of the Long Count Calendar of the Mayans, which is in total 1,872,000 days in duration. 1869 days until the Sun’s nearest alignment with the centre of the galaxy occurs on the Winter Solstice, the first time in 26,000 years. 1869 days until the potential of simultaneous global spiritual illumination of the entire population of the planet occurs. 1869 days until the moment of the the Winter Solstice of 2012. 1869 days until the end and the beginning. 1869 days to December 21, 2012. Text created by Susan Isabella Sheehan-Repasky. / Copyright 2007 Flicker Light Studio™. / “Art Is The Perception Of An Altered Reality©”.

• Dillema of Two Beginnings
  by Paul Suryawinata

  I need your help….. I have been really tossing around in me bed over the following 2 images: !http://images-2.redbubble.com/img/a…

  I need your help….. I have been really tossing around in me bed over the following 2 images: I like both images, and I really think that the coloured balls is a nice contrast to the black and white medium…. But the purist and the harmony in me still prefers the version with non coloured balls. Which one do you think I should keep?

• A journey of discovery begins
  by clarkey

  One of the most gorgeous creatures Mother Nature has gifted mankind with has been with us for nearly three weeks now. !http://farm4.st…

  One of the most gorgeous creatures Mother Nature has gifted mankind with has been with us for nearly three weeks now. After a couple of days, we named her Mistgirl and shortened it to Misty . . . what else! She’s tiny and almost as light as a feather, silky soft, funny, and completely gorgeous. She’s also quite feisty, but, loves a cuddle when She wants one. She sits on her haunches, just like a Meerkat, and picks up things in her front paws to play with or investigate them, or, to get a better look at something. She can be quite delicate or rough in her handling of things – she pushes my finger away so gently, I almost can’t feel it, and yet she hits a ball with amazing force for such a wee creature! Anything that dangles and/or moves is fair game for those tiny talons! When she runs, she sounds like a light-weight miniature elephant with wings! She sneaks up on you and, before you know it, she’s climbing up the leg of your jeans to see what you’re up to! My knees and shoulders, and a few other places, too, are becoming covered in tiny red marks where she digs those miniscule, razor-sharp claws in as she climbs. We tried putting a collar with bells on it on her last week – that was a dismal failure, she’s so small you could have fitted two of her in it when it was done up to the smallest size! LOL We’ve had to re-learn the habit of watching where we put our feet BEFORE putting them down and making sure she isn’t curled up where we intend to sit! Unfortunately, she moves so quickly and, like all cats, loves to stalk, so, unfortunately, I’ve stepped on her a couple of times. She has such a very small squeak instead of a meow. Like all cats, she likes to be up high so she can see what’s going on around her; she has adopted our desks as one of her favourite places to be. If we shift her, she promptly gets right back where she was shifted from . . . .in front of the monitor!!! Just as well we both have flat monitors, she can’t sit on top of them like our last cat did. As I’m sitting here typing this, she’s adding her two bobs worth via the keyboard – my fingers moving over the keyboard seem to be an invitation to play! Oh, this is such Fun! Having had to compete with at least FOUR other cats, three of them adults, where she came from, she’s making the most of it now and eating like a horse – for the moment, I don’t think this will do her any harm. She might even grow a little!!! Strangely enough, she’s not very interested in going outside, and, yet, she was very much an outdoor cat where she came from. I don’t mind if she stays indoors as the street we live on is very busy for most of the day and would be a very dangerous place for a little kitten. This is going to be one hell of a journey, she already has a very definite personality and it’s determination with a capital “D”.

• Out of The Heart, The Camera Speaks
  by Durotriges

  So there I was – joining Red Bubble for the first time. Quite daunting when you see how many top class artists there are here. How could …

  So there I was – joining Red Bubble for the first time. Quite daunting when you see how many top class artists there are here. How could I ever rub shoulders with such quality? Artists as a whole are a pretty needy bunch, I think. I don’t know about anyone else, but I reckon we’re quietly desperate for approval – constantly needing that positive vibe and feedback from others that “Yes, you are talented” “No your work doesn’t stink”. Deep down we’re just a bundle of neuroses with quite severe self-image issues. But hey, perhaps I’m just talking for myself here. I had an exhibition recently – my church is quite keen to support local artists, so it was a real thrill to be asked to pin up my pictures there. But all the while they were up I was asking people “Is it OK?” “Do you like this or that?” “Should I have done…?” and so on. I’m beginning to think that great art, or at least good art, is pure self-confidence and self-belief. When we create something, we draw on our innermost feelings, thoughts and desires – for me it’s a longing to capture the beauty of the world before mankind screws it up – and we do make ourselves tremendously vulnerable. But I always think that my best work is created when I know exactly what I want – inside there is a confidence that says “This is going to be a great shot” or when I know exactly what I want to communicate through my work. Whenever there is any doubt, that’s when I get a weak shot. Even if I want to communicate something negative like I hate my job or I feel like a slave I know exactly what I want to say and how to say it, and those shots work – at least, I think they do… Don’t they?

• Another day begins
  by Sharon Perrett

  Well I managed a good sleep, at the moment I can feel the migraine hovering in my head, maybe after a hot drink and breakfast I will feel…

  Well I managed a good sleep, at the moment I can feel the migraine hovering in my head, maybe after a hot drink and breakfast I will feel more human. They say migraines can be caused by stress I have to admit that could be the case for me at the moment. Still good news I have a weeks holiday from work on Friday. I am supposed to be going to visit a friend if we get things sorted in time and if not I can find plenty to do at home. Anyway fellow bubblers I have to go….... Mum’s taxi is needed for the morning drop offs. Have a good day bubblers and I’m sure I will be back to upload …....I mean comment and explore. :))) P.s. Thanks for the get well wishes

• Now I begin the rest of my life
  by LizVengeance

  I’m starting my own photography/production/promotions company. / I’m putting aside a fund to open when I get out of college. / It will be…

  I’m starting my own photography/production/promotions company. / I’m putting aside a fund to open when I get out of college. / It will be a corporation for photography, film, and performance arts (if i can get the things I need for it) / performance arts meaning – bands. local, unsigned, famous, record labels / we will do promotions for bands and/or production for them if I can get people who will be truely committed to this, we can get a bigger account started, so that when we are all out of college, we will already have money that has been set aside and grown so we can get started. So these are the people I need: / - Photographers / - FIlmmakers/Cinematographers / - Bands / - Graphic Artists / - Producers – Music and Film / - Directors – Music and Film / - Dark Rooms (for film photography) / - Equipment Managers / - Buisness Majors and/or Lawyers (you can never be too careful) / - Music Majors / - those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. There’s more, but I’ll add them later once I remember them So I need people who are serious about this and know what they’re doing with their lives. Not just people going through a phase. You have to apply if you’re going to be doing the photography or music scene. I do NOT need you if you: / - are a drug addict / - are a alcoholics / - are a liar / - cannot be trusted / - are uncertain / - have a problem with commitment / - don’t get along well with others / - dramatic / - won’t take this seriously / - have a problem with deadlines / - backstab / - are in this for money / - are in this for popularity / - will push your religion on everyone / - are sexist / - are racist / - are close-minded / - will not graduate high school by 2009 I already have space I would reserve if I could. Since I can’t do that, it can be sort of a guide line or even the beginning of a search for a studio. It’s big, in a good place, indoors and outdoors, easy to get to, over-all perfect for this. It is in Deep Ellum. If you want to see it, let me know and we can arrange to go look at it. Contact Info: / E-mail: LizzieV.Photography@yahoo.com / Phone: available upon request / Websites:Facebook – http://hs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=782195436 / Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/lizvengeance / Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/people/lizzievengeance / Red Bubble – http://www.redbubble.com/people/lizvengeance

• in the beginning...
  by Bronwen Hyde

  I’m ever seeking more and more ways to put my art before more and more people. Today I found another… I do, however, already have a…

  I’m ever seeking more and more ways to put my art before more and more people. Today I found another… I do, however, already have a photography website [http://www.bronwenhyde.com], three blogs [LiveJournal, MySpace and an artsblog: mostly cross-posts of the same entries, a few variations here and there], and too many community profiles to count, so I don’t know how much I will end up using this blog. Time will tell. In the meantime, you can get a bit of background and see some of my recent work at my main art blog at http://throughmyeyes.artsblogs.com Currently I am not selling prints through here, I want to get used to the site before I do that, but I am selling prints on my website: http://www.angelfire.com/art2/bronwenhyde/store.html I’m currently doing quite a lot with my art and enjoying it thoroughly. 2006 was a great year for me creatively and saw a lot of progress, and 2007 is already shaping up to be more of the same, hopefully culminating in my first solo show a little later in the year.