Giving Awards
Recently Sue O’Kieffe of Sacred Circle Mandalas surprised me by honoring me with this very special award, You Make My Day. And Kris Cahill of Art & Clairvoyance also gave me this special award. Given that I want to inspire and uplift people, this award delights me!
Perhaps now is the time to ask the question. I know I mention my health a lot but don’t say much. Given I am in business – an artist wanting to support myself from my artwork, I have been hesitant to say very much. But in comments and in other places I have said quite a bit at this point. I have decided that if you do want to know more, I will share it. So please let me know.
What a special award … what a wonderful thing to say to anyone – You Make My Day! There are so many different ways that many of You Make My Day. I will tell you some of the people I would have given the award to but they have already been given this pleasure. To start, Sue and Kris who gave me the award in the first place. Neda, Chris, Bobbie, Debi, John, Lisa, Irene, and Creative Every Day. The Blogosphere is wonderful in the way it allows incredible connections!!
Blue Dusk, Digital © Diane Clancy
So here are the rules: “Give the award to up to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel so happy about blogland! Beware! You may get the award several times!â€
Gale Rainwater Photography is a blog I have recently discovered. The breathtaking photos he posts inspires me to the max! I also appreciate the way he has been commenting and participating in our little community. Gale, You Make My Day!
Staci Rose is an artist I met through Worldwide Women Artist Online. She has been very kind to me and helped my learn the ropes in the social networking arena. Staci is also another Etsy seller. Here is her blog. She has also been featured a lot lately at Etsy which inspires me. Staci, You Make My Day!
Kara Jones is an artist whose blog I stumbled across. I am totally taken with some of her work. I plan to feature her (with her permission – I have it) in a bit. She is also a great example for me as she is dealing with her life’s difficulties. I am glad I am getting to know her! Kara, You Make My Day!
Jean Levert Hood is an artist I have met somewhat recently through a variety of artist connections. I have been delighted that Jean has been commenting here regularly … it is a nice bridge for me and she has been very supportive! Jean’s work is beautiful and inspiring!! Jean, You Make My Day!
Julie has a blog where she has been telling us about her move, life and art. Julie was incredibly kind and generous to me last October (or September) as I entered my first contest – for the World Card Making Day. She took me under her wind and answered endless questions and was very kind! She has interesting journal entries most days. Julie, You Make My Day!
Frances is mostly taking a break at the moment … from her blog … but lucky for us she stops by the blogosphere sometimes to say hi. She is a master at finding fun resources on the web!! She is always coming up with some new fun, charitable and/or useful thing. Frances, You Make My Day!
Bev has a blog where she posts fun photos and stories about her life in England. I love learning about the different textures there. But even more … she has this great analysis, thoughtfulness, insight and perceptions that she spreads throughout the blogosphere in the comments she makes. Beverly, You Make My Day!
Rima hasn’t been posting so much lately … but she is a great go getter in inspiring people to play to together!! Rima issues challenges for anyone to participate in. She is also generous in teaching her skills. Rima, You Make My Day!
Susan Elkin Photography hasn’t been posting much lately … but I live with her and each day she impacts me more than anyone else – of course. I do hope she starts to post again, but I know the things she is struggling with. Offline, Susan, You Make My Day!
This was harder than I thought … I would still want to award Lisa Call, Robert (I will introduce you to him soon), Collin, Elis, Nicola, Nicole, Joy, Elis, Dera Ann, Ellie, Monica, Pandi, Tom and more … but I have spent almost all morning on this so cannot keep going. But please know you were thought about!! Thank YOU for Making My Day!!!!
~ Diane Clancy
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Excellent choices!
All I know about your health is what I read about on Wikipedia where your brain has been removed from your body (which is being held in cryogenic storage in a bunker 500 feet below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado) and is currently in a glass beaker connected to electrodes which connect directly to the Internet at DARPA headquarters…. this is true, right?
HAHA! Thank you so much! Your visits and comments make my day too!! 🙂
YOU deserve this award! Someone sent me the nomination but I had no idea where to find the actual link. LOL
Diane you have an awesome weekend girl! Your blog always makes my daY! ~Monica
Diane, what a delightful, unexpected surprise!! I cannot thank you enough. That is so sweet of you. I want you to know that your bubblescapes always bring a smile to my day. You’re an inspiration, continuing to work and create in spite of your challenges. Share what you are comfortable with, Diane. It may be therapeutic to write about it. Art is so healing.
Best to you, and thank you again,
Jean
Congratulations on getting that award, Diane. You do deserve that one and yes, I think that if you are comfortable with it, you can share your health issues with us. What the heck, I constantly talk about what it is like to be manic depressive, so I don’t see why you could not talk about whatever ails you. It may make us more understanding of those days when you are low on energy.
Big hug!
Dianbe, thoughful post and honest. My best – thanks fo ryour visitgs and comments. Congrats, John
You are sweet :)!
Thanks!
I know that it’s a tough one, I got one from Momisodes the other day and it’s still on the Backburner… :S
You deserve to get a bazillion of these though :D!
Diane! You are so thoughtful and I can’t thank you enough! I think this is — dare I say it outloud — my *first* blog award. How wonderful to have it come from you! It’s just as exciting to start thinking about who I want to now pass this forward to, also!! Fun!
I know what you mean about finding a balance between your business as an artists and your humanity as a blogger — trying to decide how much to share and all. For me personally, I ended up deciding to share a variety of things in the 1000 Faces of Mother Henna blog because it felt very disconnected when I didn’t. The whole idea of the vow to myself as an artist meant being able to integrate all the part of my experience: grief, healing, challenges, witnessing, creation, love, joy, and yes, even putting my work out there so that I could eventually make a living as an artist.
And in the end it is all an experiment anyway!! 🙂 If something ends up not work out right, then I’ll try it a little differently next time and so on 🙂
Lots and lots of miracles to you!
And thank you again!
k-
Congrats on getting the award, and thanks for mine! I do enjoy blogging very much, it is so rewarding, and although I should be concentrating on other things just can’t keep away.
Yes Diane, well done and thanks for the mention! It is hard to choose as each visitor adds something different to the last, even those that don’t comment are encouraging because it means we know we arn’t talking to ourselves! lol
Hi Diane sorry I’ve been busy the past few days. Thanks for that! You always make my day girl. I appreciate you very much and all you great comments.