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Brian Sherwin -- Art Critic: The Spiritual Side of Art

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:37:40 PDT

An Art Critic Worth Reading-- new blog on art by FB friend Brian Sherwin -- Art Critic: The Spiritual Side of Art: "She Thinks by Brian Sherwin The Spiritual Side of Art Art has the power to move...

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Oh the business of art...

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:39:11 PDT

Not sure how to take all this... I certainly don't think it's about the value art, only the business of making dollars.We all like that, but at this cost? wondering......

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Wall Photos

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:55:28 PDT

Sideswiped by the mess across my carpet as my foot painted more than I did on Sunday while I spent the time cleaning with SOL-U-MEL and clipping paint threads out of the carpet. Sad to say it...

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Poster Sale @ Zazzle!

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:02:21 PDT

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40% OFF any poster/print of your choice @ Zazzle.com. HURRY! - 40% off posters! Use code: BTSRULEPRINT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AmalgamArts Posters...

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Dead, Ugly Brushes - ALIVE!

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:50:42 PDT

Turpentine stinks. Even the odorless brand is strong. It doesn't always clean oil paint off the brushes very well. Over time they become dead, ugly brushes. The other day, I came across several...

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Confessions of a closet artist...

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:22:52 PDT

Hi, my name is Barbara. I am a closet painter. That’s right. I hide my art in a closet and publish sketchy images, not professional photographed, to online VIRTUAL galleries. I hide original...

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Finding The Muse

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:27:22 PDT

Writer's have Block periods. So do Visual Artists. In fact that is where I am at right now. I remember seeing the movie "the Muse" years ago, which i found uhum... aMusing to say the least. I...

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noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:53:41 PDT

Just joined a brand new website for artists! It's the best one I've seen online yet @ least website wise. Easy to use, excellent choices for artlovers to choose from with great search and find...

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Angels Mouse Pads from Zazzle.com

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:45:59 PDT

Designing new products for my zazzle sites: take a look at this on a mouse pad, mug, greeting card and TEE! Angels Mouse Pads from Zazzle.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subscribe today!...

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Hundred Little Reasons

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:08:44 PDT

Hundred Little Reasons - Brighton based ukulele band BEAUTIFUL MUSIC , so artful! ~~~~~LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS on art, music or life. Subscribe today! AmalgamArts

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My Name is Asher Lev

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:36:09 PDT

The first time I took notice of Marc Chagall was in the book read in high school: My Name Is Asher Lev (Amazon.com) by Chaim Potok. Long before art called me by name, the story of...

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How to Fail as an Artist | Artsy Shark

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:28:49 PDT

How to Fail as an Artist | Artsy Shark This particular comment rocked the charts in comments on Linked In.Check it out!

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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:21:16 PDT

The perfect picture of FAIL/SUCCESS of a creative man. All because of a Calligraphy class. That same type of class changed my life forever too! --Share your story; your words are validated here....

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"Séraphine de Senlis"

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:18:02 PDT

Yesterday I watched "Seraphine" which arrived in my Netflix. Seraphine was a French painter, discovered in 1912 by German art collector Wilhelm Uhde, while working as a cleaning woman. Born in 1864,...

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Mother & Son Illustration

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:13:52 PDT

Latest drawing, done with Sharpie permanent marker. I think this would be a good adult coloring book or so I've been told. If you email me, I'll send a pdf so you too can color....

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Artist Block Cure?

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:27:43 PDT

what is your "muse" for getting back in the artwork case, flow or spirit? Do you have this issue every now and then, if so, tell me what you do to get in the right mind set. ~~~~~ LEAVE YOUR...

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Creativity and the lack thereof...

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:13:09 PDT

Today on Facebook, Chuck Green, Ideabook shared a WHAT THE CREATIVE WORLD NEED NOW IS ORGANIZATION by Scott Belsky from ChangeThis.com. This is a favored site for thoughtful information about most...

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Working my way back...

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:01:38 PDT

Last post - July of 2009 - it seems ions ago that I paid attention to my art, my blogs and self purpose. due to a heavily demanding corporate job, fallen economy and bills to be paid, i clung to what...

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Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:54:11 PDT

You can win this too! I recommend that Dryers Ice Cream be the only Ice Cream in your freezer! Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute Shared via AddThis

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Fun WoW Contest

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:48:13 PDT

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Newest Work

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:39:42 PST

amalgamArts Studio - by beck.aza ARTWANTED.COM Portfolio [Message sent by rasama@aim.com via AddThis.com]

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Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

Lucrative art careers
all along I have felt the need for artists to also study business skills. This article is a long time coming...!

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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

You Choose: is PG Green?
Take the BABY COME BACK Swiffer Wet or Dry Sweeper. I like this product. It’s easy to use, makes the floor clean and fresh smelling. On the flip side, you have to buy Cleaner Solution refills at $3.50 per 1 liter that lasts for about 6 large floor mops. Then you buy pack of 12 pads for $6.15. I’d say you use 3-4 solution bottles for every 4-6 pads. I’m not good at math, but keeping a clean floor using this method costs a lot of money.
Thoughts clouded with confusion?
Everyone has thoughts that spin round and round. How about the ones that fight as if in a war over which one is right? You know those times when thoughts race through your mind with no end in site. You know those times of disagreement with someone and the entire scene repeats itself in so many scenarios that you drive yourself crazy.
It only happens to other people
This morning while uploading Images to myRECOVERY.com I stumbled across SOBER COACHING YOUR TEEN. Reading through the pages, I thought of all the parents walking through the terrors of addiction with their child. How many nights they lay awake spinning, thinking and praying for answers. Parents agonizing over the behaviors of their once beloved son or daughter.
For Fun - Create your own disease!
First For Fun - Create your own disease with steps on how to get rich at the same time... Makes you think twice about what is truth and what is not! So try it now:
Generate Your Own Disease . Click for more.
bail outs & addicts & codependents
co-dependents are often sited for bailing out of relationships with addicts. more often they don't bail due to the overly responsible nature built into them from their own experiences growing up in an addictive/dysfunctional family.
The truth of Humpty Dumpty
You've felt it. Your up in life, all is well. Everyone loves you, you feel good about the image you worked so hard to polish and perfect. After all isn't personality everything? The place you sit in work, play and relationships makes other people spin about... Then in a blink of the eye without a notice or warning, YOU FALL.

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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

Choosing Clarity, Beginnings…
Watercolors… In learning to choose clarity begin with what you think. We know our world by observation and thoughts. Our thoughts are either clear or hazy, confused or enlightened. What we observe leads to a vast assortment of thoughts. Thinking is much like watercolor painting.
the Art of tea...
all about tea and the best online place to order teas....my greatest pleasure was sitting with friends, sipping tea, sharing stories as we poured not only from the endless pots of tea, of our lives and ideas. to me having tea, coffee and being social is quite a lost art today. with all the social networking online it's easy to forget tking smell the aroma of jasmine teas, fresh brewed coffee with one another. but all isn't lost - even online one can sip tea while chatting and writing on facebook, yahoo or any other messenger. simple never forget to make it to real places with real people as the core of your socializing.
SlideShare - cool place for presentations!
my portfolio on slideshare
Best Website on Graphic Design
If you want to veiw the best graphic design online, it's from the Global Guru himself, Chuch Smith. I've been a fan since 1998, collecting as many of his books as possible. I also subscribe to his blog/newsletter which is the only one I actually look forward to and read every time it's sent. His site contains design ideas, insights and links, as well as his blog and tutorials.

Best Website on Graphic Design

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:22:24 PST

If you want to veiw the best graphic design online, it's from the Global Guru himself, Chuch Green. I've been a fan since 1998, collecting as many of his books as possible. I also subscribe to his...

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the Art of tea...

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:45:48 PST

when living in northern japan in a town called misawa, i became acquainted with the art of tea. I also learned about keeping warm with cans of coffee in coat pockets, eating sushi, sumi-e (brush and...

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Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

Stealth Jihad: The War Within Our Borders - U.S. - CBN News
The memorandum, presented as evidence during a terrorism trial last year, reads that these Muslim groups "must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the western civilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands" until Islam reigns supreme."

For radical Muslims, that means pushing an aggressive, pro-Islam agenda that's been increasingly successful in recent years: Muslim cab drivers in Minneapolis refuse to carry passengers who have alcohol in their possession. Public schools schedule prayer breaks to accommodate Muslim students. Pork is banned in the workplace - the list goes on.

Islam expert Robert Spencer says Americans have caved in to such demands far too often. His new book, The Stealth Jihad, describes the non-violent war being waged by radical Muslims against American society.

End the Problem of Blogs With Great Content and No Readers

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:51:43 PST

If you have an underappreciated, underloved, desperately lonely blog, Chuck Westbrook has an idea. He wants to share the love and help the “little guys” get some readers. I think it’s a cool idea so...

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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

The Tribes Q&A ebook is here and it's free
great pass along from the best blog on the net.

SlideShare - cool place for presentations!

noreply@blogger.com (rasama) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:30:24 PST

Just created two presentations - one of my graphics/photos and another of KSA paintings of veiled women... Here's the link to BENEATH THE VEIL so it won't drag the load time on the blog... As...

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

Maybe you can't make money doing what you love
finally clear thinking about a topic American's run a rat race for, often losing their passion for they love best. Check out my response on my Amalgamarts Blog. <a href="http://amalgamarts.blogspot.com/2008/11/seth-godin-maybe-you-cant.html">BLOGGED BY BJB</a>

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Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 PDT

Addictshuns | addictions
all about addictive consequences... on both sides.