To be honest, I have given up trying to figure out what people like about my blog. You know how it is… you do something that takes a lot of work and that you think is frightfully clever, and very few people look at it. Then you do something that is obviously stupid just for fun… oh, I don’t know… like sticking 100 pictures of your sunglasses done in Photoshop filters up, one right after the other, and more than 800 people stop by to see what the heck you are up to.
I do pride myself on trying to make this an interactive blog. I like doing stuff you like… (Just so you know, both sex and blogging work better if you try to spend at least some time doing things that the other person likes)…
And I am sort of at a spot in the blog where if I don’t come up with a new direction… some kind of focus… I am just going to keep pestering you all to buy my books.
So come on, people, give me some feedback. Tell me what you like, and I will do it to you until you are a quivering heap of jello begging me to stop and let you catch your breath.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not running out of ideas. And you know me well enough by now to know that I will take all your good advice and then end up doing the next crazy thing that pops into my head anyway… because that is the way my crack squirrel-infested cranium works…
Just give me something to aim at. Do you want to see funny pictures? Should we do one of those things where we all write something together? More stories of my life? More pictures making fun of Dick Cheney? Should I do some funny pictures of some of you? Should I scan some more of my original art, or type up some more of my old poems? Should I write some new stuff?
You know I have a whole notebook full of half-formulated ideas and there are all the ongoing projects like the Twit Wit posts. I am not asking for help to come up with ideas. I just need a little feedback. Point me to the start of a trail through the woods, and I will take it from there.
Should we take the high road or the low road?
You know I can go either way…
Pouring My Art Out 
I think a lot of people come to blogging to escape. So, that’s why silly pics go over big, it gets people out of their heads and lives (at least for a moment or two).
That is what I try to do.
You’re good at it.
Thank you
Wild and crazy Dude – you have your own style. I like variety and assorted stuff. (it’s hard to keep up with multiple posts in one day, though)
Who know what post will get the big time hits and numbers – it’s very weird. If you hit on a current topic/odd bit of info, you’ll get more hits from the internet as a whole than from WP. (Many of those will be one time viewers – so it depends what kind or audience you want to appeal to)
Just write. and enjoy it (that doesn’t sound too much like advice given to rape victims, does it?)
Onward through the mania!
It sounds more like a mom’s wedding night advice to her uptight daughter… but I know what you mean, thanks.
Snort! But you are right. Maybe we should start a wedding blog….
My daughter has that covered already. And she will organize your wedding, plan it, run it, and even have her boyfriend professionally photograph it.
Dude! I echo this sentiment. I spend so much time writing and hardly get any comments at all, even critical ones. I wonder how those people with over a thousand followers ever managed it. Anyway, in answer to your question, I enjoy your creative mind. I like the imaginative way in which you apply that mind to this blog. Keep it up, Arthur, and I promise to write you a comment for every post you make.
Thank you… how long have you been blogging?
At least eight years
oh…
I don’t think you need a canned comic person. You draw it, or forget to put it in. I think you have done well without the comic character, but then maybe you are trying to draw people in…….then choose a character that is comical. Just writing some off my head advice. You can take or leave it.
I doubt it will take me long to get bored with them… but it might be a challenge to see how weird I can make them…
Many people have talent, and they never use it. I think a good imagination is a gift. I also think simplicity is hard to come by. Put the two together, and you have what you need to finish the task. It takes courage to use a gift, and more to have imagination. I think that both are compatible.
Thank you so much.
I paint with oil, acrylic, and water-color. My paintings are on my blog at Rubies Corner, Word Press. I am a Christian author, painter, and retired school teacher. My husband is a pastor, and I am alive and a Christian by the grace of God.
I haven’t used oil or acrylic for a while. I should get back into that.
I paint because it is therapy. I am a minister’s wife, and I go through times when I need an escape. I pray, but I paint, and paint. They don’t bother me when I paint. They, meaning the people who don’t get along with me at the time. When I finish, I have been working through my sins, and my faults, and the things that made the person mad with me in the first place. I am not a saint. Apparently I don’t always get along with people, but I find the Love of God when I paint.
That sounds nice.
I pray, and paint. I paint real flowers. I hold them in my hand, while I paint. No wonder I pray. I pray much because I need it. I haven’t painted since last year. I plan to paint this week…..especially if I have more confrontations with Christians. I have had two this week!
That has been known to happen.
Poems
Funny pictures of people (not me though, I already have an eyeball for a right testicle, a piece of jelly for a right leg and ear for a right arm. People said I was a right weirdo
Your edited pics – they are hilarious.
Stories.
Anything else you fancy doing.
That’s Anything else. Although I suppose anyone else you fancy doing is up to you as well 😉
Ha… so carry on as usual but be even more weird?
That’s the one 😀
yay
😀
I never know what I’m going to find, and I like that. It is refreshing, so thank you! :-))
Thank you… uh… on behalf of the crack squirrels who run this place…
Your brain knows what it’s doing Art, even if you’re not sure! Keep on keepin’ on!
It does, and I’m not and thanks.
A blogs audience is a fickle mistress. If you can figure out the answer, I’d love to hear it
I think I have found the answer… I just like to make people think they helped me find it… HA!
Just give me something to aim at. Do you want to see funny pictures? YES! Should we do one of those things where we all write something together? NO, gets too confusing because there are too many threads going at the same time, but if you come up with a better way than last time, go ahead. More stories of my life? YES! More pictures making fun of Dick Cheney? NO, you’ve done enough already! Should I do some funny pictures of some of you? YES! Should I scan some more of my original art, (YES) or type up some more of my old poems? PROBABLY (personally I don’t like poetry but I just wouldn’t read those posts) Should I write some new stuff? YES!
I think you should keep doing what you have been doing, but just don’t do it ad infintium – it gets boring after the 47th post about your sunglasses, etc.! When I see 30 emails from you in 1 day I get tired before I even start reading. I love you – just not always so much of you!
A little of me goes a long way… thanks.
Posts that focus get so tedious … keep squirrel crackin’ is my recommendation.
Yay… because they really are in charge…
Who is Dick Cheney? I’d like to see more of your art, paintings and such. Just a thought.
It is on the list!
yay
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I like to come here because I don’t know what I’m going to see. It could be anything, absolutely anything, and it might be a bit mad, but that’s what art/Art is. I wouldn’t change anything, I wouldn’t focus, I would keep going with all the craziness and let your brain spew its contents on us. But I may just be being selfish here.
(I was going to do that anyway, but I like to make the new people feel that they have a voice… ssshhhh)
I’d love to know what you can see outside of your walls (both in real life and metaphorically speaking). Of course I don’t mean for you to become a photo correspondent ;). You are very good with words so may be you can….;0)
I have been going through all my old posts… and tagging them for that word cloud in the sidebar called: Stuff you might like. I am almost done, just about four months to go. If you look in there, there are topics called: sunsets, flowers, my travels, stories of my life, and sunsets. Those are mostly photos and stories of places I have been, both near and far. I think if you click on any of those, you will be surprised. Thanks for the input.
Thanks 😉
I just want this to be easy and fun… because that is how much I care…
And I think you are doing this job very well, Arthur! As I’m sure all of your followers and readers (including myself) are feeling very well taken care of! Big thank you for that! P.S. I hope it didn’t sound patronising… ;0/ and sorry if it did ! As that most certainly wasn’t my intention! ;0) x x
I hear everything as a compliment… you could call me anything and I would think it was a good thing… it’s a gift… being that self-centered…
Read my lips: no nude photos of politicians.
Hey, this is a family friendly blog… even pictures of Dick Cheney with his clothes on are skating on thin ice…
Besides which, using the Playgirl photo shoot of him would be copyright infringement. I don’t want to see you get arrested or sued.
He likes the publicity.
I’m glad you remembered the L
Still trying to keep it clean…
So why did you bring up Dick Cheney?
Because I love doing mean pictures of him in Photoshop…
I’m new to this scene, so all your stuff is new and interesting to me. My thoughts are that you should write what YOU find interesting and exciting. I know, I know, that’s probably naive. I’m still a babe in the woods in this place. Carry on crack, squirrel infested, cranium and I will keep reading.
Thanks… I was going to do that anyway… so… good choice… HA!
You keep posting, I’ll keep reading. You have a delightful brand of unclassifiable madness.
I just feel like I am exploding in all directions at the same time… and thanks…
Yeah, but you do go in all directions. You and Hotspur are easily the most versatile bloggers I read for overall variety in everything.
That’s a good thing.
Thanks… that means a lot.