If any of you Have any comments on writing on blogs, please leave them here, we'll be trully greatful!
if you're reading this, your an expert on the subject, because you read blogs, so please let us know.
Off the top of my head here are my suggestions.
Let me title it
A rough guide to writing for Blogs:
Keep it short and sweet. Stay within the topic. Use new post for new topic. Rant intensly, but keep it short. And try not to repeat yourself, like me here, and don't over explain, like how i' doing now..exactly this..don't do it.
and leave room for discussion.
I've a couple more but i'll save them for now.(example of room for discussion)(example of over explaining)
Ming
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Revolution! 30day artist World Tour!
all ex-30day artist from around the world
has gathered at the very spot where it all
first began. "at first, there was only light."
and they are ready to go!
every episode documents their tour from one
region to another region of every single 30day artist
of where they did their run.
back tracking from the first to the current one.
each episode covers the insides of that particular
30day artist, country, art scene, views of life,
etc.
while they are at the particular region, they will
organize a show, actually, its more like a fest.
with bands, deejays, artfilm screenings and most
importantly, the works of all the 30day artist.
TV viewers will learn different cultures and believes.
and many people will come to the show!
many would want to signup to be the next 30 day artist!
and more 30day artists will travel from their region
to another 30day artist's region just to learn
cultures and seek the truth path of life.
religions and cultures will respect one another.
the world will be free from war and poverty.
this tour will unite the world,
into One.
-chinyew
p/s:all expenses will be sponsored by greedy-fat-rich corporations.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
isn't life great?
Dear all,
a very good day!
it feels like only yesterday when
i quit my job and stepped into the
room to paint the 40 canvas.
and now, its artist no.7.
another 4 months, its 1 year.
1 year anniversary of 30dayartist.
i've send in my application to be
artist August'06.
on, 26th of March, part of my dreams
came true. i directed my first mtv.
pix 01
pix 02
you people see the whole point of
becoming 30day artist?
next plan, date the nice girl at Sony Damansara
and buy the 7k plasma TV and spend our days
watching it.
isn't life great?
cheers.
-chinyew
a very good day!
it feels like only yesterday when
i quit my job and stepped into the
room to paint the 40 canvas.
and now, its artist no.7.
another 4 months, its 1 year.
1 year anniversary of 30dayartist.
i've send in my application to be
artist August'06.
on, 26th of March, part of my dreams
came true. i directed my first mtv.
pix 01
pix 02
you people see the whole point of
becoming 30day artist?
next plan, date the nice girl at Sony Damansara
and buy the 7k plasma TV and spend our days
watching it.
isn't life great?
cheers.
-chinyew
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Letters to you, from an Artist.
That's what i feels like to me, to type in the url and go to 30dayartist.
Feels like I got a mail from an artist friend. Some days, it's enough to get me out of bed.
Today we restart after a month's absence. I never thought i'd be THIS excited to start following another artistic journey. But I am excited. And i've been sending some promotional e-mails, one at the time, to invite artist to read and participate in this project.
My eyes are getting blury, but i wish i could just go on e-mailing!
What with the day job and all, i think i'll call it quits for the day.
Very special thanks, to those kind souls who have been spreading the word of 30dayartist themselves.
To the rest of you, enjoy!
http://30dayartist.com
Feels like I got a mail from an artist friend. Some days, it's enough to get me out of bed.
Today we restart after a month's absence. I never thought i'd be THIS excited to start following another artistic journey. But I am excited. And i've been sending some promotional e-mails, one at the time, to invite artist to read and participate in this project.
My eyes are getting blury, but i wish i could just go on e-mailing!
What with the day job and all, i think i'll call it quits for the day.
Very special thanks, to those kind souls who have been spreading the word of 30dayartist themselves.
To the rest of you, enjoy!
http://30dayartist.com
Friday, February 24, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Performing Art
That's what it feels like sometimes to be a 30day artist. It feels like we're performing artist.But it's more than a performance, it's back stage off stage, and the journey between.
Sometimes the lack of privacy gets to you.
But you know what, being an artist, especially a successful one, was never really a private business. If an artist is honest, every work he produces is like a piece of his flesh, a piece of his soul.
Putting our work out there, exposes our vounrabilities.. but at the same time, it exposes to deepest parts of us. The wider our audiance, the more we're exposed. Vounrable yes, but also, whatever beauty we try to capture, is also exposed.
For that reason, it's risky business being an artist. But it's worth it.
Ming.
(ps: would any of you kind folks reading this, please give me the correct spelling for misspelt words, and i'l be glad to correct them,TQ)
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
thoughts from the bathroom
because that's where the good ones are formed.
(or A Formal Invitation)
1.For those of you, who would like a piece of the 30day action, but cannot commit either the time or the significant financial investment; this is an open invitation, to send one piece of art, and one post.(that is some words that relate to your art, if only even in the slightest way)
the theme i'm thinking of now is 'Home'
we will pick the best 28 over the course of the year, and next february the best 28 will get their piece of 30day history. we'll also keep a permanant archieve of the works..together with links to the artist own blog/site.
I'll update you guys with what e-mail address to mail your work to.
The Title of the February event will be '3oday artist around the world'.
As we have paeople from all over the world visiting and contributing to the site, i think it will be fun to see where everyone is coming from quite litarally.
ming.
ps: if you have anycomments of something that we have not addressed, comment on this post.
(or A Formal Invitation)
1.For those of you, who would like a piece of the 30day action, but cannot commit either the time or the significant financial investment; this is an open invitation, to send one piece of art, and one post.(that is some words that relate to your art, if only even in the slightest way)
the theme i'm thinking of now is 'Home'
we will pick the best 28 over the course of the year, and next february the best 28 will get their piece of 30day history. we'll also keep a permanant archieve of the works..together with links to the artist own blog/site.
I'll update you guys with what e-mail address to mail your work to.
The Title of the February event will be '3oday artist around the world'.
As we have paeople from all over the world visiting and contributing to the site, i think it will be fun to see where everyone is coming from quite litarally.
ming.
ps: if you have anycomments of something that we have not addressed, comment on this post.
Monday, February 20, 2006
ohh.. yesterday....
yesterday.
ohh, yesterday.
what a day...
one of those days, everything swarms to you.
not like flies, but like, shooting stars, except
it doesn't pierce through my chest living
a permanent hole through it.
more like a blessing.
artist friend called, saying there was a
potential buyer for my paintings. a few of them.
was pretty excited. someone in this world actually
likes my depressive wannabe-artist painting. yeah!
maybe have him to write here; why.
i like to list out the ones i sold, but too lazy
pointing out, like anyone actually cares, rite?
but anyway, there was this specific one that
he wanted and he offered a pretty high price
for it too. but i couldn't put my heart into
selling it. the idea of selling it, feels like
cutting a piece of me away, and I guess he
could see that as well. a crisis. which i still
stupidly-uncontrollable-clinging on.
that painting felt like a mark of i and her.
selling away, felt, painful. artist friend
stress on selling it, a signage of letting go.
no. like some other paintings. you'll feel
a sort of sadness letting them go. selling
them. like selling yrself. like a prostitute.
maybe i'm being a bit over-emo here. but, hey,
its all sweat and feelings in them, 'cuse me.
but if you really think about it, painting actually
feels abit like whoring. like giving services to yr customers.
you are selling your honest feeling and skillmanship
to people.
pne advise to all artist, everytime you start yr
work, keep telling yrself, "this is goin to be taken
away from you. this is goin to be somebody
else’s wall!" that sort of minus the full potential
of the painting does it? but yet, it saves you at
the last moment of selling them. less painful.
a little similar to our human relationships, huh?
well, i did not sell that particular painting anyway.
i sold the rest. not like it was less attachment to
the rest, you know. it fuckin hurts too. i need the
money anyway. gonna use them to print my book.
that very day, i receive an email asking me to be
an assistant director for a Singapore feature.
exciting as hell. email them back, told them,
i needed the exact dates, because i'll be directing
a music video in mid-march. yep, you heard me
right, my first directorial-debut! a malay rock band!
yeah!
another email, asking me bout 30day artist originator.
wanted an interview or something, i think. anyway,
who is the originator? let's see... i've been telling
this story over and over again. ok, here goes,
i quit my job, used all my savings for 40 canvas, rented
a small room and painted the canvas in 30 days, artist
friend, suggested documenting it via blog. and alas,
30dayartist is born! so, you can say, i and my artist
friend is the originator! but he owns it now, i sold
my shares to him last month, due to my personal
financial bankruptcy. *sob* so.. he literally owns
me now. his having all my paintings as hostages
anyway. once in awhile he would call me and update
me on the tortures-result of my painting. *sob*
it feels good writing via blog again. this reminds
me the greatness of writing with a mind-set of
the entire world reading it. hmm, maybe an
artistcrisis.blogspot comeback? just maybe..
when i've nothing left to hide.
maybe.
till then.
-chinyew
ohh, yesterday.
what a day...
one of those days, everything swarms to you.
not like flies, but like, shooting stars, except
it doesn't pierce through my chest living
a permanent hole through it.
more like a blessing.
artist friend called, saying there was a
potential buyer for my paintings. a few of them.
was pretty excited. someone in this world actually
likes my depressive wannabe-artist painting. yeah!
maybe have him to write here; why.
i like to list out the ones i sold, but too lazy
pointing out, like anyone actually cares, rite?
but anyway, there was this specific one that
he wanted and he offered a pretty high price
for it too. but i couldn't put my heart into
selling it. the idea of selling it, feels like
cutting a piece of me away, and I guess he
could see that as well. a crisis. which i still
stupidly-uncontrollable-clinging on.
that painting felt like a mark of i and her.
selling away, felt, painful. artist friend
stress on selling it, a signage of letting go.
no. like some other paintings. you'll feel
a sort of sadness letting them go. selling
them. like selling yrself. like a prostitute.
maybe i'm being a bit over-emo here. but, hey,
its all sweat and feelings in them, 'cuse me.
but if you really think about it, painting actually
feels abit like whoring. like giving services to yr customers.
you are selling your honest feeling and skillmanship
to people.
pne advise to all artist, everytime you start yr
work, keep telling yrself, "this is goin to be taken
away from you. this is goin to be somebody
else’s wall!" that sort of minus the full potential
of the painting does it? but yet, it saves you at
the last moment of selling them. less painful.
a little similar to our human relationships, huh?
well, i did not sell that particular painting anyway.
i sold the rest. not like it was less attachment to
the rest, you know. it fuckin hurts too. i need the
money anyway. gonna use them to print my book.
that very day, i receive an email asking me to be
an assistant director for a Singapore feature.
exciting as hell. email them back, told them,
i needed the exact dates, because i'll be directing
a music video in mid-march. yep, you heard me
right, my first directorial-debut! a malay rock band!
yeah!
another email, asking me bout 30day artist originator.
wanted an interview or something, i think. anyway,
who is the originator? let's see... i've been telling
this story over and over again. ok, here goes,
i quit my job, used all my savings for 40 canvas, rented
a small room and painted the canvas in 30 days, artist
friend, suggested documenting it via blog. and alas,
30dayartist is born! so, you can say, i and my artist
friend is the originator! but he owns it now, i sold
my shares to him last month, due to my personal
financial bankruptcy. *sob* so.. he literally owns
me now. his having all my paintings as hostages
anyway. once in awhile he would call me and update
me on the tortures-result of my painting. *sob*
it feels good writing via blog again. this reminds
me the greatness of writing with a mind-set of
the entire world reading it. hmm, maybe an
artistcrisis.blogspot comeback? just maybe..
when i've nothing left to hide.
maybe.
till then.
-chinyew
Sunday, January 15, 2006
NOT ENOUGH DAYS!
There are only 28 days in February!
Dear ALL,
The 5 months have been great, I'd like to think of what we've done at 30day artist in the past month as '30dayartist BETA'.
We are going to use the month of February, to redesign the website, both in terms of functionality and content. And maybe it will be more easy on the eye too.
30day artist, started out as a challenge, a rite of passage, so one man could confidantly call himself an artist.
It is still a challenge, but it's more, 30 day artist is becoming an international community of artist and art lovers.
Welcome abord the ride.
Please tell us what you love, or hate, or why you keep coming back. Or why you won't. Your feedback is integrl part of 30 day artist.
Ming.
Dear ALL,
The 5 months have been great, I'd like to think of what we've done at 30day artist in the past month as '30dayartist BETA'.
We are going to use the month of February, to redesign the website, both in terms of functionality and content. And maybe it will be more easy on the eye too.
30day artist, started out as a challenge, a rite of passage, so one man could confidantly call himself an artist.
It is still a challenge, but it's more, 30 day artist is becoming an international community of artist and art lovers.
Welcome abord the ride.
Please tell us what you love, or hate, or why you keep coming back. Or why you won't. Your feedback is integrl part of 30 day artist.
Ming.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Updates!
hello, everyone. it's been awhile.
i just realized the bloglet newsletter wasn't workin.
i've fixed that. and also surprised to see that we
have atleast 30 subscriber.
as for the update to everyone who hasn't been here
recently, 30day artist has divided into 2 sites.
1. www.30dayartist.com
-the main blog of the featured month artist.
-currently its artist no.5
-anyone interested to be the following month artist, there's
a form to be filled there.
2. www.30dayartist.blogspot.com - the free art discussion blog.
and to those who have been askin of artistcrisis.blogspot status,
i'm actually in arrangement-mentally to start a new one.
and as for "Ashingtray-Graphic Novel", i'm still doin it.
but its no longer merely a graphic novel.
till then,
cheers!
-chinyew
i just realized the bloglet newsletter wasn't workin.
i've fixed that. and also surprised to see that we
have atleast 30 subscriber.
as for the update to everyone who hasn't been here
recently, 30day artist has divided into 2 sites.
1. www.30dayartist.com
-the main blog of the featured month artist.
-currently its artist no.5
-anyone interested to be the following month artist, there's
a form to be filled there.
2. www.30dayartist.blogspot.com - the free art discussion blog.
and to those who have been askin of artistcrisis.blogspot status,
i'm actually in arrangement-mentally to start a new one.
and as for "Ashingtray-Graphic Novel", i'm still doin it.
but its no longer merely a graphic novel.
till then,
cheers!
-chinyew
Monday, January 02, 2006
January 2006
Featuring PerngFey
This month, We feature an established Malaysian artist in 30dayartist for the first time!
Take a peek into the life of a fulltime artist. There will be both joys and struggles in this one.
Ming
Saturday, December 31, 2005
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