Sunday, June 14, 2009
Those Days has GONE!!
Yesterday was a history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That's what life means. No one knows, how tomorrow will be or what will be happened in the next minute in time. As for myself, i wanted to get my life done with full of suprise, adventured, move like waves.... this is what life means to me!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Success Stories
Kay Singleton Keller - Art
From childhood, with the encouragement of my grandfather, I had always dreamed that one day I would be a successful artist. Had no idea what that entailed, nor what a successful artist did. There were no artists, writers or musicians in my very working class immediate family. But my grandfather had been a painter of signs and a decorator of the wheels of horse-drawn carts. He loved to draw, and used to save white ‘butcher’s paper’ for me to draw on when I visited them. He said I had ‘talent’. Whatever that was it was enough to encourage me.
But Life interrupted the amorphous dream, and the paints were forgotten as I married, had children, went to uni, divorced, re-married . Quite a few years passed.
I went to the National Art School in East Sydney, attended weekend workshops in all kinds of related subjects, but was always a dreamer, waiting for the reality to come knocking. Always calling myself an art student.
One day, my husband and I were applying for a loan at the bank. I was asked for my occupation. At that time we were running a restaurant, he was a chef and therefore I was subsidiary. The decision jumped in my head: I am an artist.
From that moment I found a new focus for the restless energy that had plagued me all my life. The student label was never used again.
The road was not an easy one, but now I knew where I had to be and the path I had to follow.
Having no idea about the politics of commercial galleries, I believed that one had to be successful already, before their paintings could hang on those vast white walls.
I tossed all the alternatives as I knew them, around in my head constantly. How could I take that first step? I knew noone in the sydney art scene and had no idea of where to start.
Then I met a local small gallery owner and became friendly with her. She liked my little drawings and I guess she liked me. Anyway we became friends.
One morning after a restless night I made a decision – I would approach book publishers and try to find an outlet for my drawings. Perhaps that would be a start.
Later that same day I was at the home of another local friend, and the phone rang. It was the gallery owner – how did she know I was at that place? Anyway she asked for me and said she had a lady in the gallery who was looking for someone to illustrate some poems she was writing. A small thing but powerful affirmation for me.
That led to a launch of the poetry book in a mainline sydney gallery. I liked the gallery owner, and he liked me, and seemed to like my drawings. The good thing was, he sold my cover drawing straight away.
So, back to sleepless nights, now tinged with a bit of excitement because I believed I had found my gallery. Just had to produce some work, come up with a concept for an exhibition, and approach him.
I wanted to run from the confrontation. I knew that if it was not successful, I would curl up back on my lounge and remain an art student forever.
However, desperation drove me on. Life was not stretching so far ahead as it once did.
So I came up with an idea, painted 3 images along those lines, photographed them and borrowed a small slide viewer from my son, who was by now a photographer in his own right.
Made an appointment with the gallery.
The day of the meeting a couple of friends were working on our house (actually they were building a studio for me in the attic) but I could not tell them what I was doing, nor did I tell my husband before he left for work.
The taxi arrived at the appointed hour – I told my friends I’d be ‘back soon’ and off I went, so nervous I felt like a child going for a major exam.
The gallery director welcomed me, we had coffee, he accepted my proposal with out hesitation. I floated out on air.. Flew over the rooftops to home and rang my husband, then announced to my friends that I had a solo exhibition lined up in xx gallery in about 9 months time!
They finished the attic studio, I finished the paintings, which were based loosely on memories of my life to that time and my journey of self-discovery. Bright, confident,possibly the best body of work I have painted. When they were hung on the gallery walls I couldn’t look at them, they overwhelmed me.
That exibiton came close to a sell-out. What an affirmation.
All it had needed was for me to make the decision, way back when talking to the bank manager. The rest had a life of its own, fuelled of course by my belief that I had to succeed, could not afford to fail. All my life to that point was tied into those square paintings festooned around the walls of the gallery.
From childhood, with the encouragement of my grandfather, I had always dreamed that one day I would be a successful artist. Had no idea what that entailed, nor what a successful artist did. There were no artists, writers or musicians in my very working class immediate family. But my grandfather had been a painter of signs and a decorator of the wheels of horse-drawn carts. He loved to draw, and used to save white ‘butcher’s paper’ for me to draw on when I visited them. He said I had ‘talent’. Whatever that was it was enough to encourage me.
But Life interrupted the amorphous dream, and the paints were forgotten as I married, had children, went to uni, divorced, re-married . Quite a few years passed.
I went to the National Art School in East Sydney, attended weekend workshops in all kinds of related subjects, but was always a dreamer, waiting for the reality to come knocking. Always calling myself an art student.
One day, my husband and I were applying for a loan at the bank. I was asked for my occupation. At that time we were running a restaurant, he was a chef and therefore I was subsidiary. The decision jumped in my head: I am an artist.
From that moment I found a new focus for the restless energy that had plagued me all my life. The student label was never used again.
The road was not an easy one, but now I knew where I had to be and the path I had to follow.
Having no idea about the politics of commercial galleries, I believed that one had to be successful already, before their paintings could hang on those vast white walls.
I tossed all the alternatives as I knew them, around in my head constantly. How could I take that first step? I knew noone in the sydney art scene and had no idea of where to start.
Then I met a local small gallery owner and became friendly with her. She liked my little drawings and I guess she liked me. Anyway we became friends.
One morning after a restless night I made a decision – I would approach book publishers and try to find an outlet for my drawings. Perhaps that would be a start.
Later that same day I was at the home of another local friend, and the phone rang. It was the gallery owner – how did she know I was at that place? Anyway she asked for me and said she had a lady in the gallery who was looking for someone to illustrate some poems she was writing. A small thing but powerful affirmation for me.
That led to a launch of the poetry book in a mainline sydney gallery. I liked the gallery owner, and he liked me, and seemed to like my drawings. The good thing was, he sold my cover drawing straight away.
So, back to sleepless nights, now tinged with a bit of excitement because I believed I had found my gallery. Just had to produce some work, come up with a concept for an exhibition, and approach him.
I wanted to run from the confrontation. I knew that if it was not successful, I would curl up back on my lounge and remain an art student forever.
However, desperation drove me on. Life was not stretching so far ahead as it once did.
So I came up with an idea, painted 3 images along those lines, photographed them and borrowed a small slide viewer from my son, who was by now a photographer in his own right.
Made an appointment with the gallery.
The day of the meeting a couple of friends were working on our house (actually they were building a studio for me in the attic) but I could not tell them what I was doing, nor did I tell my husband before he left for work.
The taxi arrived at the appointed hour – I told my friends I’d be ‘back soon’ and off I went, so nervous I felt like a child going for a major exam.
The gallery director welcomed me, we had coffee, he accepted my proposal with out hesitation. I floated out on air.. Flew over the rooftops to home and rang my husband, then announced to my friends that I had a solo exhibition lined up in xx gallery in about 9 months time!
They finished the attic studio, I finished the paintings, which were based loosely on memories of my life to that time and my journey of self-discovery. Bright, confident,possibly the best body of work I have painted. When they were hung on the gallery walls I couldn’t look at them, they overwhelmed me.
That exibiton came close to a sell-out. What an affirmation.
All it had needed was for me to make the decision, way back when talking to the bank manager. The rest had a life of its own, fuelled of course by my belief that I had to succeed, could not afford to fail. All my life to that point was tied into those square paintings festooned around the walls of the gallery.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Simple Way To Live With Healthy Lifestyle.
You hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that mean? In general, a healthy person doesn't smoke, is at a healthy weight, eats healthy and exercises. Sounds simple, doesn't it?
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Want to Make Money? Don't have idea??
I would like to share some of the ideas with you!!
Making money online used to pretty much require you to have your own Web site, products to sell and some marketing savvy. But a new generation of dot-coms have arisen that will pay you for what you know and who you know without you having to be a web designer or a marketing genius.
So I put together a list of business opportunities with legitimate companies that:
- Pay cash, not just points towards rewards or a chance to win money
- Don't require you to have your own Web domain or your own products
- Don't involve any hard-selling
- Aren't just promoting more Internet marketing
- Give a good return on your time investment
In the interest of objectivity, none of the links below are affiliate links, and none of them have paid or provided any other consideration for their presence here. These are legitimate companies with business models that allow you to get paid for a wide range of activities.
Sites like ReferEarns, Zyoin, Who Do You Know For Dough?, Bohire and WiseStepp connect employers with prospective employees, many of whom are already employed and not actively job-hunting, via networking - the people who know these qualified candidates. Rewards for referring a candidate who gets hired range from $50 on up to several thousand dollars - not chump change. If you know a lot of job-seekers (and who doesn't these days?), this is a great way to break into the recruiting business with no overhead.
Start your own blog TODAY!!!!...
You don't have to have your own Web site, or install blogging software, or even figure out how to set up the advertising. At Blogger you can set up a blog for free in less than five minutes without knowing a thing about web design, and Blogger even automates setting up Google AdSense so you can make money off your blog by displaying ads and getting paid when people click on the ads. To make even more money from it, set up an affiliate program (see below) for books, music, etc., and insert your affiliate links whenever you refer to those items. You'll have to get a lot of traffic to become a six-figure blogger, but pick an interesting topic, write well, tell all your friends, and you're off to a good start.
Start advertise other's people products in your blog!!!!
If you already have a Web site or a blog, look for vendors that offer related but non-competing products and see if they have an affiliate program. Stick to familiar products and brands - they're easier to sell. To promote those products:
- Place simple text or graphical ads in appropriate places on your site
- Include links to purchase products you review or recommend in a blog, discussion forum or mailing list you control
- Create a dedicated sales page or Web site to promote a particular product
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
How to Generate Your Time To Ca$h??!!
Many people dream of the ability to quit their job and stay rich earning income online at home. However, they do not have clear ideas on how we can earn income online. All they know is to join some pyramid schemes online and hopefully they can earn their money fast in that way. What they do not know is that this kind of scheme do not last long and might cause them to fall into further debt and the ruin of their trust and reputation. Here I am going to review the real ways honest people earn money online ...
It’s possible to increase the amount of money you earn from your blog or website without increasing the amount of traffic you currently receive. While the amount of traffic greatly affects how much money you earn, all income sources can be tweaked to generate more revenue without an proportionate increase in traffic.
One simply needs to strategically optimize your website in order to best accommodate whatever traffic you are currently receiving.
This article will provide some useful details on the various methods and principles you can immediately use to improve the overall net revenue from your website or blog.
Main Principles to Follow for Greater Income
There are three main principles you should remember when trying to increase the overall income for your site. These are conversion, leverage and diversification:
There are three main principles you should remember when trying to increase the overall income for your site. These are conversion, leverage and diversification:
- Conversion. If you want to make money from the same ad space on your blog without an increase in traffic, you need to develop greater conversion rates for affiliate programs and contextual ads. This includes restructuring your website to highlight specific webpages, projects or advertisements.
- Leverage. To expand your income beyond on-site advertisements, you need to start using your site as a platform towards something a specific service or product that brings in an external income.
- Diversification. To increase your overall earnings, you also need to gradually develop a diverse income stream by experimenting with multiple ad programs and monetization strategies which fit the overall content and direction of your site. This also involves the development of content that can be easily monetized.
Building Traffic is Still the No.1 Priority
While the above methods will definitely increase your online income, building regular amounts of traffic to your website is still of primary importance because it exponentially increases the amount of money you can earn from every single ad format or program that you run.
Should you need more information on traffic building, do check out my category of articles specifically on how to get more visitors to your website.
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