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zPro - Art @ Zaadz

Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 6:36 AM:

First of all I would like to welcome all new members! I am really impressed about how many people are in this pod!

I have a zPro page and don't really know what to do with it and was wondering if I should open a zPro page for this pod. I mean a place where all members of this pod could present their art for sell …. I know I should have come up with something like this some months ago and not now so near at xmas time but well … I am a busy person too :-)

OK here's the deal: Every member could present one of its pieces of art with a link to their shop or website or blog or zaadz page …. and we could make something like a meditation garden and present our art online.

Soooooo? What do you think? I need your “I'm in” or “not for me, thanks” kind of feedback and of course IDEAS & SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!

Well, what are you waiting for?

Have a great day,
Diana

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cate said Nov 27, 2007, 6:59 AM:

It is up to you….I personally cant get the grrrrrrrrreat and wonderful thing to do anything
but be creative and who knows what you can come up with

A world to change

with love

and humour

cate x

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 7:05 AM:

Thank you Cate,
Let's see what will come out of this :-)

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chaoticat said Nov 27, 2007, 7:24 AM:

I'm in!

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 7:29 AM:

Great darling :hug: ;-)
Hope you're doing fine!

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Hillie said Nov 27, 2007, 7:31 AM:

Oh yes Diana
It is something I have been thinking about since I joined Zaads. Glad you have the werewithall to get it started. Let me know what I can do, to be of service.

I also guide people to do their healing through art….that aspect might be interesting as a side branch as well. Let's make it a page people can get totally lost in…luvin the idea.

Hillie
www.gallerysixtynine.ca

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 7:46 AM:

Great! Thank you for your encouraging words and suggestion :-)
I'll note this one down!
Diana

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Doug said Nov 27, 2007, 8:30 AM:

Great ideal Diana! Thanks for suggesting it!

I have also found that people really like hearing what the artist has to say about a particular piece. Yeah, yeah, I know, the work should speak for itself and indeed it does in the language of paint. However it's another element that can add another dimension to the experience of sharing our beauty. I'd also be happy to write something for another artist. Like what I love about their work, my impressions, what it feels like etc sans art crit 101 stuff like it would be better if that form weren't so close to the edge type of thing.

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 11:47 AM:

Great idea, and I agree with you. I'll note it down as well :-)
Thank you Doug

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antenna said Nov 27, 2007, 9:23 AM:

Sounds like a great idea to me, Diana! I'd be interested.

Thanks,

Ann

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 11:47 AM:

Cool! Thanks ;-)

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wednesday said Nov 27, 2007, 9:28 AM:

I love the idea! I think there should also be a day of the week where we all come together for this. Almost like a ritual for our meditation garden!

Love,
W.

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 11:49 AM:

Not bad although “all” will always be difficult but I like the idea :-)

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Christopher said Nov 27, 2007, 9:55 AM:

I'm in. www.gerberart.com Christopher

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 11:53 AM:

Great Christopher. Great stuff to meditate on :-)
Thank you

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MHB said Nov 27, 2007, 11:42 AM:

sounds great to me

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Diana said Nov 27, 2007, 11:54 AM:

Welcome on board ;-)

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julia said Nov 27, 2007, 12:43 PM:

I think this sounds like a great idea.

I, personally, don't have a website or business license or anything like that yet, but if I did, I would be in.

I would like to know if our work can be presented, even if it is not for sale. (maybe someone could get ideas from each others' work?)

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:45 AM:

Hi Julia,
Thank you for your feedback! Well I was really thinking about a place where people can have direct contact with art sellers. This pod is already meant to be an exchance platform :-)
Anyway, I will note the suggestion down and in some days put everything on a list and present it for final discussions :-)

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Yvette said Nov 27, 2007, 12:57 PM:

Sounds like a grand idea and there seems to be enough interest to make it worth a go!

In fact, if there's anyway I can support your efforts Diana, let me know….I”d be willing to revamp my zPro page to support what you guys decide to do, as in to expand the space for others to direct attention to their work or outside pages.
Now that my Cultural Fusion is engaging some of the right folks on the sponsorship side, I'd like to start exploring how I can use my various CF spaces to create a space for like hearted/minded artist to share their work and dreams for more art-full living.

Hmm….perhaps a brainstorm session is needed? I know I'll start to ponder the possibilities.

Thanks for starting this thread and sending the invitations to respond :-)

All the best,
Yvette

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:49 AM:

Hi Yvette,
Thank you for your kind words and the help offered! I will surely come back to you as soon as we have left people some time to answer. But I perfectly agree with you and I will invite everyone for a more branstorm session once I hav all ideas together :-)

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Silent Temple said Nov 27, 2007, 1:08 PM:

Great idea!

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:50 AM:

You're in?

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HO said Nov 27, 2007, 1:36 PM:

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, I'M IN

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:50 AM:

Great! Thank you!

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soulmandala said Nov 27, 2007, 2:27 PM:

just let me know the hows and whens and i'm all in! hugglies, Kristen

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:51 AM:

I certainly will ;-)

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Tomo said Nov 27, 2007, 3:24 PM:

I am an art student building up my skill and piling up my works. I am seeking the oppotunities to promote & sell. So, it would be nice to show my works to other people, maybe we could do like percially donation to some NPO for Xmas, and percially get my own? Whichever, I would like to be in too.! I'm in Japan, so I am not sure if somebody from overseas wanna buy it though….

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:55 AM:

I love this cultural melting pot and hey, whay shouldn't people buy from overseas ;-)
The idea of a donation is great but I don't think it will be ready for xmas … but perhaps for valentine's day :-) … I will note it down, thank you for your contribution.
Diana

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Tomo said Nov 30, 2007, 7:06 PM:

It is good to hear.
I used to sell my works in eBay US, but I thought that because people don't want to spend for the international shipping fee, so they didn't buy. I hope there is a nice art collector or curator who don't care much about the postal fee…

I thought that you were thinking about posting and selling art for the holiday. If the season doesn't matter, I can send my works anytime regardless of donation or plain sells.
Tomo

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**Kelly** said Nov 27, 2007, 8:38 PM:

I'm in! I've always wanted an art page! It would be great to share one with everyone! maybe the art could be divided into different category links like: abstract, figurative, spiritual, etc. That way it would be easier to navigate.

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:56 AM:

Good idea! Noted :-)
I will have to contact some zaadz gurus I know to see what we could do with our zPro page … you know all the possibilities we have :-)

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Lightfield said Nov 27, 2007, 10:01 PM:

Inspiring Great Idea!
And if an Artist sells a work of art trough this network ; The artist would have an option
to donate a percentage to ZaadZ. I personally would donate 30% of the selling price.

I am your success & you are mine… again and again for ever and ever NOW.

Let’s make ART a success and a supporter for everyONE!

Lightfield

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 4:59 AM:

Yes, why not but I would leave this option open to everyone … donation to an OMG or to zaadz … noted down :-)

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deanieh said Nov 27, 2007, 11:37 PM:

Yay! I'm in, just what we need… how proactive Diana… :) let me know how i can help. i like Kelly's idea about the categories, and i also like Lightfields idea of donating a percentage to the sale to Zaadz….. my house is now cluttered with paintings that need to be somewhere else. :)

warmest African hugs
Deanie

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 5:00 AM:

Hi Deanie,

Thank you for your reply. I will note it down too :-)
Coolest Luxembourgish hugs (with a warm heart thou)
Diana

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Liz said Nov 28, 2007, 1:44 AM:

I'm in… and thank you for doing this and thanks to all who replied already, this is getting awesome with all the great ideas you each have shared.
let me know what to do next to help this project grow.
liz

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 5:01 AM:

I will, I will ;-)

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Christine said Nov 28, 2007, 5:20 AM:

Would love to participate. Great idea! :-)

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dev said Nov 28, 2007, 8:57 AM:

count me in….sounds great!

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 11:27 AM:

Thank you for joining this idea :-)

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Tony said Nov 28, 2007, 9:19 AM:

What a great idea!!

count me in.

Happy Day to all

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 11:28 AM:

Happy day to you to and welcome to the club!

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David said Nov 28, 2007, 10:06 AM:

Hi, Diana. Sure. I'd be glad to participate in whatever it is you're doing. I suppose I haven't been keeping up with Zaadz lately, and I don't know what a Z-pro page is. But, any way I can help, let me know.
David.

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Diana said Nov 28, 2007, 11:32 AM:

Jeee David! You have been away for ages then! Iank you for trusting me anyway and I wil count you as in :-)
Oh zPro, It's like a mini-zaadz you can create. It was ment to beused by people to pimp up their business :-) … I like the ideaof creating a common business with artists from around world.
Have a great day,
Diana

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julia said Nov 29, 2007, 12:55 AM:

I think I'm a little confused (or technologically stunted). are we talking about an online store or mall or something like that ? If that's the case, i'm really excited.

thanks for being patient.

{;-]

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Diana said Nov 29, 2007, 1:48 AM:

Well, there's not such a system here yet but I have some ideas in mind … there are some nice stores on the web that could be useful to us … wait and see ;-)

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Lone-Mountain said Nov 30, 2007, 1:45 PM:

I am in, too.

To make things simple, I suggest simply a list (perhaps alphabetical) of artist [real or Zaadz name?], media, web site link, perhaps with a leading column of a thumbnail representative image of the art style.

e.g.,

[ image ] Debra Jan Bibel/Lone Mountain acrylic paintings www.lonemountain-art.com

I am registered with various art directories…..but I have received feedback only from Zaadsters!

Keep me posted on developments.

Namaste.

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Tomo said Nov 30, 2007, 7:00 PM:

Same here. I pay for some artist website, but I haven't sold any. I have posted my works to blogger showing to my friends and classmates, but other than that I don't get any response, but from zaadz members.
Tomo

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Diana said Dec 3, 2007, 3:26 AM:

Hi Debra,

This is exactly what I was thinking of for a start. Indeed a simple way of representing the artist here at zaadz. The only thing that bothers me is for those who don't have a website like yours (your wesite and art really rocks!) . We will have to be making links to a certain directory of their photo album I suggest … or I have some other places twhere they could even make their own gallery for not a cent …. this will be the second part of our mission. The how.

This weekend i will put a list of first participants together and all the ideas we had and I will post it on this pod again with some new questions and reflection :-) So keep an eye open and thank you all for your interest!!! i think we are enough to start a new idea, so let's do it!

Talk to all of you soon,
Diana

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Anung said Dec 3, 2007, 5:08 AM:

I would love to join in. i dont have a business or anything, but for people like me there is a place thats free that you can put your art/work on. deviantart.com has a great network and can do prints if you want to. is that the kind of thing your looking for?

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Diana said Dec 3, 2007, 9:07 AM:

Hi Anung,

Thank you for your reply and yes, thi is th our next step in fact. Trying to fugure out how to present those artists who don't have a website. I'll come back to this one later for sure :-)
…and welcome!
Diana

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nina said Dec 3, 2007, 10:16 PM:

This idea is terrific!

Count me in!

nina :)

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Diana said Dec 4, 2007, 1:40 AM:

Great Nina! Thank you for your interest. I have included your name in our members list .
Nice surreal work you have :-)
Diana

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nina said Dec 4, 2007, 9:35 PM:

thank you, Diana!
:)

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+ODD [no longer around] said Dec 10, 2007, 8:06 PM:

I really like the idea of building cyber art communities.
and I second a few of the notions above, too

- Forming some sort of regular cycle of gathering/interaction. I think there is a lot to be said about finding some sort of rhythm that gives more traction to community efforts.

- Inviting critique and inquiry is a great way for artists to expand each other's skills and vision. But it will help to have some sort of way of talking about the “rules of play.” Artists are often a sensitive lot…I suggest forming some sort of community “touchstones” for reference, as a way to create shared values and intentions, as well as functional agreements and what i often call “style notes” …as a way to help keep the soulful insights from getting lost in linear conversations, and keep the whole effort from possibly disintegrating into some post-modern funk.

- Whether it is a conference call, or just a chatroom, any way to add some LIVE aspect will enhance the group experience very much. Static linear hypertext only conveys so much. Which points back to the cyclic idea. A monthly podcast, for example.

i hope i helped
thanks for reading
+ODD

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Anung said Dec 11, 2007, 3:14 AM:

on the note +ODD left. if we did do a more interactive community and actually chat together there is a free online chat..thing called skype. its easy to use and free (my kind of thing)

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OneLifeOneArt said Dec 16, 2007, 10:40 AM:

I'm in:) There are great possibilities with this kind of thing these days. The world is starving for creativity(even if us artists aren't!) If done extremely well, I envision a website that could actually convey the feeling one has when walking through a garden, like you mentioned. I've always got lots of ideas and would love to be involved in making something like this all that it possibly can be.

Love All Ways,
Justin
http://onelifeoneart.deviantart.com

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Scottoons said Jan 2, 2008, 6:49 PM:

I've been away for some time. Is this still in the works? I think it's a great idea!