More Articles from Archive ~ January, 2007
Photos from the gift shop at the Victoria, BC (Canada) Art Gallery.When I came across this excellent, brief article…What 50 Pounds of Clay Can Teach You About DesignI realized immediately how it applies to each of us, whether we work in clay, or as a writer, or artist in any area… It talks specifically about [...]
Here’s a photo from last year’s Arizona Songwriters Gathering in Phoenix (Encanto Park), where we’ll be this Saturday, January 27, 2007, listening to lots of new material from beginners to very accomplished songwriters/performers. Songwriters come from as far away as Denver, Salt Lake City, and beyond, to share their songs, get critiques and attend classes [...]
Every now and then, I need to indulge in one of these quick online drawing games. Click & drag backgrounds, stencils (easy to re-size), colors, patterns … to place your graffiti on to various surfaces, like a wall, a floor, a skateboard ramp, etc. In one scenario, I designed a tattoo on someone’s arm. Never [...]
I have been so impressed with Steve Pavlina’s blog … “Personal Development for Smart People.” There are several articles of his that I highly recommend to you, but for now, start with this one, My Experience of Creativity. It accurately describes what so many artists, writers, musicians have told me about their own experience. Well, [...]
If you’re in the New York City area, and love World Music…read on… From the web site:Fourth Annual globalFEST Moves to Bigger Venue & Announces 2007 Line-Up – Roots revival, surf rock, classical ouds, Brazilian and Afro-Portuguese songs. Expect these and many more styles on 3 diverse stages of the fourth annual globalFEST 2007 (www.globalfest-ny.org), [...]
For your calendar: Saturday, Jan 27, 2007. John and JoAnn Braheny will be returning to teach at the 11th Annual Arizona Songwriters Gathering in Encanto Park (Phoenix, Arizona). See Map. A co-production of the Arizona Songwriters Association (in existence for 25+ years!) and the Phoenix Parks & Recreation Department, this is a FREE all-day event [...]
For your calendar: John and JoAnn Braheny will be judges at the upcomingWest Coast Songwriters Association‘s Hollywood Songwriters Showcase. Date: Sunday evening, Jan. 21, 2007Time: Sign-up is at: 7:30 pm and the event begins at 8:00 pm. Location: The Pig’n’ Whistle (pic)6714 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.(Between Highland & Caheunga on the south side of the [...]
If you’re in or around Hollywood, California, and you love great photography…read on. Gilbert B. Weingourt, photographer for 40 years, was THERE – back in the day — in the late ’60s when social and political activists were changing the world as we knew it. He worked for the East Village Other and as a [...]
A few days ago, I posted Part One from lifehacker.com … Here’s the link to Part Two – Turn Your Blog into a Book. It certainly looks like a lot of work, organizing a system like this, as I know some of us are not that anal, but hey … it will get you to [...]
