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21: Do you create for a certain niche or do you hope to have as broad an appeal as possible?
I create for that niche of people who want to feel better; who appreciate a slow, uncertain path of self reflection rather than definite answers; and who manage to find, like, and have time for my flawed work. A very small niche so far.
20 April: Is there a movie that inspires your creative work?
Dozens if not hundreds. But also no, not really.
#ScribesAndMakers 19 April: Would you like to hang out with your favourite creators?
Sure, sounds fun. (The key is to be chill about it.)
18 April: Do you have a role model or hero?
No, never. In above post I describe my lifetime of solitude. I feel bad like I'm antisocial & hateful. My philosophical goal is to love all unconditionally. I'm a mess, truly. I have a boyfriend who, while younger, is a role model in some ways—but I know him too well lol. I'm not criticizing & we don't fight, I think I'm just incapable of having heroes. I wanted to know my grandfather & godfather better; they both died in my 20s.
15 April: How's your creativity this month? Anything you'd like help with?
Output is limited by chronic pain yet creativity thrives. Sometimes I feel a fraud mixing with this list that includes actual authors & makers while my work is once & future. I count it as a triumph when I'm able to have ideas that I like despite pain. I'm slowly building a story that I care a great deal about, but I can't write it yet.
So I write online housekeeping...
dotart.blog/rmiddleton/project…
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Projects & Aspirations
October 2024 Updates I have learned to see that my life's work is healing. My career is self improvement, emotional growth. That is m...RMiddleton
TM's Blog
Family and lifestyle blog, with rambling, ranting, and dogs...and plenty of gin.www.tattooedmummy.co.uk
12 April SAM: Self Promotion Day
What I've done lately is online housekeeping, most recently starting 3 newsletters differentiated by frequency:
paper.wf/seasonalrob/spring-20…
[seasonal]paper.wf/rmiddleton/
[monthly]dotart.blog/humanissome/
[weekly]& 2 new web addresses:
rartsy.com/ [painting gallery]
humanissome.org/ [currently a landing site embedding my most updated content; eventual HQ for my thoughts on spirituality & community]
Building new things...
#ScribesAndMakers 10, Book cover you like.
This is probably my favourite cover of all time. It contains so many visual puns and the typography evokes the era and it's stylish and minimalistic. God I wish I'd made this cover. Anyway the book is also excellent.
5 Apr: How do you decide on price for selling art?
It's been a journey. I multiply the dimensions in inches to give me a gauge of "full retail price"—or as I like to call it, "amount that would enable me to make a living." 50% of that is "wholesale" price. I no longer list on any sales sites, only do transactions personally, because I like to offer sliding scale. Buyers choose donation amount & I give a gift in return based on suggested price range.
RMiddletonArt abstract paintings clearance sale
Opportunity to purchase abstract paintings directly from the artist Rob Middleton (30-year working abstract painter) before he movesR Middleton
2 April: What do you want to work on this month?
Life
Try new pain doctor. Prepare to move. Keep in touch with folks. Go see fireflies (45 minutes away & only this month).
Visual art
Continue to inventory paintings & add listings to moving sale page at Rartsy.com
Words
I'm not sure yet if I'll be able to write this month so I at least plan to stream. I talk about anything & work out ideas when I stream, often related to writing projects.
RMiddletonArt abstract paintings clearance sale
Opportunity to purchase abstract paintings directly from the artist Rob Middleton (30-year working abstract painter) before he movesR Middleton
29 March: What is your proudest or best moment with your creative endeavor this month?
Sleeping all day & skipping this question? 🙃
Seriously when I saw this question before going to sleep last night/early this morning East Coast US time, I felt like I didn't have an answer. As happened previously with this group I let the prompt prompt me to more than a post, to action. I accelerated work on a painting sale gallery:
humanissome.neocities.org/Pain…
(New URL & more art to come.)
RMiddletonArt abstract paintings clearance sale
Opportunity to purchase abstract paintings directly from the artist Rob Middleton (30-year working abstract painter) before he movesR Middleton
