With the strong desire to connect with more people out in the blogophere, I started a 4-week Blog Triage class with Alyson Stanfield & Cynthia Morris today. Today's assignment (I cannot remember the last time I had regular assignments! It has been years and wonder how I will do..? Your blog comments will help keep me on track), is to describe the people I want to visit and read my blog.

Artmaking is about communicating a perspective to the world and connecting with people. I view blogging, now that I understand it, as a natural outgrowth or partner in this process. I love providing people access to my artistic process, both visually as well as with words. Art appreciators, art lovers, artists, potential art buyers, those interested in the creative process, and art collectors are the people I would like to attract to my blog; other interested folks are certainly welcome. I included this painting for this assignment because this delicate, sweet iris in this painting is alone, which is how my blog currently stands. I would like to converse with all of the people I mentioned (attract more flowers in the garden ...!)  to hear their reactions/opinions/thoughts/feelings/ideas to my blog content and my paintings, and make connections with my community. Learning and hearing from you will make me a more effective & meaningful blogger and a better artist/writer.

Did I leave anyone out? Please let me know.

The other part of this assignment was to link with my instructors. Let's see if I can this. http://journeyjuju.com and http://artbizblog.com