Art and stuff
So. I'm back from my meditation retreat. It went well.
I had a thought while there that I want to explore. As I don't currently have a paying job (working on that, though), I figured I could start working on an art blog and a small photography business. You know, post my artwork to the blog, probably cross-link it with flickr and facebook, and try to convince people to pay me to do more art, whether it's photography, music, needlework,...whatever. I want to make a living as an artist, and I can't currently do the sound design I want, so why not focus on something else for a while?
I then had another thought. Since this was retreat, and we were cultivating a kind of mindset that brings out generosity, I thought maybe for a grand opening, I could donate all proceeds to a fundraiser to create a pool of money new QuestBridge (meaning low-income) students at my university could draw on at need. Paying for textbooks, unexpected expenses, living expenses, etc. Obviously, this shouldn't just be me, so I emailed this year's liaison with the idea, and we're going to try to get an alumni network going (now that we have one; I was in the first class of Wes QB students) and work on some projects like this. I'm hoping that we'll be able to make things a little easier for future QB scholars to make it through college with fewer loans and such.
At any rate, I'm toying around with ideas, and I'm going to do a little research before setting anything up. My primary concern is creating the art blog, because self-promotion can help me find art jobs. I think. And I'd *love* to be a professional photographer, even if it's just a side hobby where I do senior photos or sell prints of nature photos I've taken.
In the meantime, job search continues...
I had a thought while there that I want to explore. As I don't currently have a paying job (working on that, though), I figured I could start working on an art blog and a small photography business. You know, post my artwork to the blog, probably cross-link it with flickr and facebook, and try to convince people to pay me to do more art, whether it's photography, music, needlework,...whatever. I want to make a living as an artist, and I can't currently do the sound design I want, so why not focus on something else for a while?
I then had another thought. Since this was retreat, and we were cultivating a kind of mindset that brings out generosity, I thought maybe for a grand opening, I could donate all proceeds to a fundraiser to create a pool of money new QuestBridge (meaning low-income) students at my university could draw on at need. Paying for textbooks, unexpected expenses, living expenses, etc. Obviously, this shouldn't just be me, so I emailed this year's liaison with the idea, and we're going to try to get an alumni network going (now that we have one; I was in the first class of Wes QB students) and work on some projects like this. I'm hoping that we'll be able to make things a little easier for future QB scholars to make it through college with fewer loans and such.
At any rate, I'm toying around with ideas, and I'm going to do a little research before setting anything up. My primary concern is creating the art blog, because self-promotion can help me find art jobs. I think. And I'd *love* to be a professional photographer, even if it's just a side hobby where I do senior photos or sell prints of nature photos I've taken.
In the meantime, job search continues...