Comments on: Compassion and the Arts–Join the Conversation! http://www.joyjordanlake.com/compassion-and-the-arts-join-the-conversation/ Writing in the Midst of Real Life Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Olivia http://www.joyjordanlake.com/compassion-and-the-arts-join-the-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Olivia Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:31:50 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=315#comment-66 Hi Joy, WOnderful to find your site. I was just thinking last night that I want to start something like this. I am a visual artist and feel deeply moved by service... it has been a growing way of life for me and it is getting louder. I work full-time painting and donate a portion of my sales to the groups I paint or groups affiliated with the person painted. I am really curious about other artists and their movement to create compassion in their art or use their art as a way to service, or portray compassion in their art or even express compassion in their art. I would love to dialogue more before I venture into my own site. I would love to bring other sites about compassion and service and art together as a resource for people to dialogue and start projects and so on. Thanks for your site. I am looking forward to cruising around it! Graciously, Olivia Hi Joy, WOnderful to find your site. I was just thinking last night that I want to start something like this. I am a visual artist and feel deeply moved by service… it
has been a growing way of life for me and it is getting louder. I work full-time painting and donate a portion of my sales to the groups I paint or groups affiliated with the person painted.
I am really curious about other artists and their movement to create compassion in their art or use their art as a way to service, or portray compassion in their art or even express compassion in their art.
I would love to dialogue more before I venture into my own site. I would love to bring other sites about compassion and service and art together as a resource for people to dialogue and start projects and so on.
Thanks for your site. I am looking forward to cruising around it!
Graciously,
Olivia

]]> By: Rachel http://www.joyjordanlake.com/compassion-and-the-arts-join-the-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Rachel Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:37:19 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=315#comment-6 This is great, Anne! I love these ideas. It is so true that we don't have to wait until we are the biggest money makers in the industry to contribute! This is great, Anne! I love these ideas. It is so true that we don’t have to wait until we are the biggest money makers in the industry to contribute!

]]> By: Joy Jordan-Lake http://www.joyjordanlake.com/compassion-and-the-arts-join-the-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Joy Jordan-Lake Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:16:00 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=315#comment-5 Great idea, Anne. I'm sorry I wasn't there to buy one! I've done similar things with donating my books where all the money goes to Haiti or Habitat or wherever, but since writers have to buy our own books from the publisher (lots of people don't realize this, I'm finding), it means an investment up front. But that's okay. Please let me know if you're doing another art sale like this and I'll show up with streamers! Great idea, Anne. I’m sorry I wasn’t there to buy one! I’ve done similar things with donating my books where all the money goes to Haiti or Habitat or wherever, but since writers have to buy our own books from the publisher (lots of people don’t realize this, I’m finding), it means an investment up front. But that’s okay.

Please let me know if you’re doing another art sale like this and I’ll show up with streamers!

]]> By: Anne L. S. B. Davis http://www.joyjordanlake.com/compassion-and-the-arts-join-the-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Anne L. S. B. Davis Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:34:29 +0000 http://www.joyjordanlake.com/?p=315#comment-2 Hey Joy, I did an easy one--just sent out a mass email that I was giving away "Free Art for Haiti" and pulled out all my old unsold paintings (many just loose water colors, not even matted) and had a 2-day open house. People could take away the painting(s) of their choice and leave a donation for Haiti relief. It helped me to clean out/up (why was I holding on to all that artwork?) and I raised over $1600. Hey Joy, I did an easy one–just sent out a mass email that I was giving away “Free Art for Haiti” and pulled out all my old unsold paintings (many just loose water colors, not even matted) and had a 2-day open house. People could take away the painting(s) of their choice and leave a donation for Haiti relief. It helped me to clean out/up (why was I holding on to all that artwork?) and I raised over $1600.

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