Long ago,* artist Susan Sanford of ArtSpark Theatre be-blogged me as a friend,
and while her blog has been dreaming underground since 2015,
she and I have never lost touch.
Recently she commented that she would be happy to help out
the thrift/books store with graphics.
I asked if she might like to design a bookmark that I could print on the printer at work and give away free.
Tonight she sent me this.
I am over the moon.
You can see more of Susan's magical mystical artwork on her Redbubble, and some playing cards, places, and tiny things on her IG.
* Long ago = sometime in 2009/2010. I am trying to find my first comment on ArtSpark Theatre.
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Could it be this one, in response to the questions in her post, "What's your tribe?"
"How do you recognize members? Does your tribal identity shift or fray? How much is culturally based and how much is values based?"Kind of amazingly (or, you could say, entirely predictably), the answer has to do with books & readers:
This is the blog post I said I'd posted--I'd forgotten all about it!
Hey thanks, I enjoyed reading that old post.
ReplyDeleteSuper cool bookmark! And wonderful posts from 2010. Guess I didn't see these then, but I would say my tribe is nerdy folk. My husband, daughter, son, and their significant others easily belong (in their differing ways), along with many friends. Love them all.
ReplyDeleteSPARKER: I've been blogging so long, I forget posts. Looking at your old ones, I really missed that old spark--everyone joining in...
ReplyDeleteDEANNA: Thanks!
"Nerdy folk"--that's a good tribe! I have some Venn diagram overlap with your tribe (of course!)---people of imagination and care, & they tend to be readers too, wouldn't you say?
Wonderful bookmark! I love how you are really turning this neglected book nook into it’s own cool little bookstore, with a real personality. And things like this bookmark help establish it as a cosy, welcoming, quirky and interesting place to come and buy books. And bookmarks remind people to come back and spread the word—so it’s great you have your own now, with such sweet art.
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