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I can't wait for my daddy to come home from work. There are so many things to do!
In a loving tribute to fathers and sons, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli and New Yorker artist Seymour Chwast join talents to celebrate the very best moment of the day: when daddy comes home.
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Jerry Spinelli is the author of many books for young readers, including Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; Wringer, winner of a Newbery Honor Award, Stargirl, An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults; Loser; Crash; and Knots in My Yo-yo String, his autobiography.
Seymour Chwast is a renowned graphic artist and illustrator, cofounder of the Pushpin Studios, and a member of the Art Directors Hall of Fame.
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I have managed to avoid yoga for most of my adult life. But I've taken a sudden interest in it recently. And not for the reasons I assume most people do yoga. I'm trying to get better at pooping.
This isn't information I wanted to share with the rest of the class. During my first experience with yoga, at a YMCA in Chicago, I tried to remain inconspicuous, huffing and puffing my way through poses in the back. But after a few sessions, the other students started noticing me. They introduced themselves and tried to be friendly, offering encouragement and asking what had brought me to try yoga for the first time.
"Toilet posture," I told them.
I was admittedly being an asshole. I wanted to be left alone, and I've found that most people don't want to hear about the bathroom habits of strangers. But not these people.
"You're squatting?" they asked. "I've been trying that, too. What do you think? Is it working for you?"
They talked about poop research they'd read online, friends and family whose fecal lives had been dramatically improved with a toilet posture realignment, and far too many intimate details about their bathroom experiences. Before long, even the instructor had wandered over to debate the finer points of modern pooping. He suggested the Garland Pose, his favorite yoga exercise to help enhance squat-pooping. "It really tightens your core," he said.
I did not ask what "core" he was referring to.
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We live in a strange era of mainstream poop awareness. It's no longer a topic that teens giggle about and adults only bring up with their doctors. People have opinions about their bowel movements, and how those bowel movements could be better. A few weeks ago, Cameron Diaz went on The Dr. Oz Show to talk about poop—hers specifically, and how everybody could be having movie-star poops if they followed her digestive advice. Dr. Oz handed out clay to the audience and asked them to mold it into their "most recent poop." And they did it! Because that's the world we live in now: a world where people reconstruct their fecal output in front of millions of strangers without giving it a second thought.
We all want better poop. We want poop that Dr. Oz would hold up triumphantly and call the "pièce de résistance." Or that Cameron Diaz would smile at flirtatiously and claim it's "very familiar," as if somehow its shape and texture reminded her of a former lover she's never been able to forget.
This Quixotic quest for poop perfection is what convinced me to try the Squatty Potty.
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It gets scarier. According to statistics shared by a Squatty Potty publicist, most people are carrying "5 to 20 pounds of fecal matter in their digestive system day to day." At first glance, this number sounds preposterous. But then again, I've heard rumors that John Wayne had 40 pounds of poop impacted in his intestines after his death. And Elvis Presley reportedly had in the ballpark of 60 pounds. These stories are almost certainly both bunk, but the very idea that I could have any amount of feces trapped inside me gives me the heebie jeebies.
There are a lot of people, some of them famous, who swear by the Squatty Potty. It's been enthusiastically endorsed on The Howard Stern Show, TMZ, and The Doctors. Ben Greenfield, a fitness author and personal trainer, tweeted this peculiar Squatty Potty compliment: "Totally not trying to be gross, but I just pooed almost 10lbs, No joke. I feel freaking awesome." Good for him, I guess. If the Squatty Potty website is in any way accurate, he's halfway to being poop-free.
I contacted Robert Edwards, the Utah-based creator of Squatty Potty, and he gave me even more reasons to think I've been living in a bowel-movement prison. "By opening the colon, pooping in the natural squat position makes elimination faster, more complete, and reduces straining," he said. Squatting rather than sitting could help prevent things like constipation, hemorrhoids, colon cancer, appendicitis, IBS, hernias, diverticulosis, and pelvic organ prolapse. But just as important, he said, "Squatting feels better. The excellent feeling that comes from a complete elimination is ubiquitous. Everyone likes a good poo, and with the Squatty Potty, you are rarely denied a full complete elimination."
He had me at "a good poo." As I get older, these things are forefront on my mind. In my 20s, I never thought twice about bowel movements. But now that I'm in my 40s, I think about it every day, and I worry. Have you heard that Louis C.K. joke about his unpredictable poops, how he tells his doctor that "every shit is an emergency"? I listen to that routine and it fills me with white-knuckled dread. Louis C.K. is 46, and I'm heading his way fast. I don't want to share in his poop shame. I want to be like Keith Richards, a 70-year-old former junkie whose bloodstream is more polluted than the Mississippi River. And yet, according to his own 2010 memoir, Life, his poops are unremarkable and unalarming. "First we have the bowel movement," Richards wrote of his daily routine. "Cool, that's that out of the way. Seen a friend off to the coast."
I want to grow old and become like Keith Richards. Not all of it; just the way he poops.
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A method and system for cross-marketing products and services to customers of specific merchant web sites on the Internet by a merchant loyalty service provider web site on the Internet, provides a hyperlink to a merchant loyalty service provider web site from a merchant web site whereby customers can access the merchant loyalty service provider web site directly from the merchant web site. The merchant loyalty service provider web site makes to customers of the merchant customer loyalty benefit offers related to the business of said merchant web site, to build customer loyalty to the merchant web site.
1. A method for cross-marketing products and services to customers of specific merchants over a distributed communication network by a merchant loyalty service provider site, comprising the steps of:
providing a link to said merchant loyalty service provider site on said network from an on-line merchant site on said network whereby said customer can access said merchant loyalty service provider site directly from said on-line merchant site;
providing at said merchant loyalty service provider site a customer loyalty benefit offer related to the business of said merchant site;
receiving at said merchant loyalty service provider site an acceptance of said customer loyalty offer by said customer; and
providing said customer loyalty benefit to said customer in response to said acceptance.
[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/267,110 filed Mar. 12, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. ______.
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates generally to methods and systems for conducting commercial transactions over a distributed communication network, such as the Internet, and more specifically, the World Wide Web. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system wherein a merchant loyalty service provider furnishes customer loyalty programs to on-line merchants in a manner that is transparent to the merchant's customers.
[0004] 2. Background and State of the Art
[0005] Presently, the primary focus of transaction-based Internet web site companies is on building name or brand recognition, market share, and customer service, as opposed to profit maximization. In many cases prices are set so low that even variable margin contributions are negligible when offset against expenses.
[0006] Some analysts believe that profitability ultimately will be achieved either by the realization of increases in volume that are large enough to cover overhead expenses and provide a substantial profit margin, or by eventual reduction in the number of competitors as the markets mature. However, it is likely that Internet-based businesses inevitably will face the same margin pressures as conventional businesses, and thus will need to find additional opportunities to expand margins.
[0007] One such opportunity is the development of secondary services such as customer loyalty programs or add-on service programs. Such services enhance profitability by providing increased revenue on each sale. Because of the focus of most transaction-based web site companies on establishing name or brand recognition and building market share, such companies today do not have the resources or ability to devote to the development and delivery of secondary services.
[0008] Accordingly, there exists a need in the art for providing customer loyalty programs to on-line merchants in a manner that requires little or no effort on the part of the merchant.
[0009] The present invention provides a solution to the problems and shortcomings in the art as described above, by providing a method for cross-marketing products and services to customers of specific merchant web sites on the Internet by a merchant loyalty service provider web site on the Internet, comprising the steps of providing a hyperlink to the merchant loyalty service provider web site from the merchant web site whereby the customer can access the merchant loyalty service provider web site directly from the merchant web site, providing at the merchant loyalty service provider web site a customer loyalty benefit offer related to the business of the merchant web site, receiving at the merchant loyalty service provider web site an acceptance of the customer loyalty offer by the customer, and providing the customer loyalty benefit to the customer in response to the acceptance.
[0010] According to another aspect of the invention, a system is provided which performs the method described above.
[0011] The present invention will become more fully understood from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
[0012]FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing enhanced secondary services to on-line merchants over a distributed communication network, according to one preferred embodiment of the invention;
[0013]FIG. 2 is a plan view of a merchant web site display according to one preferred embodiment of the invention;
[0014]FIG. 3 is a plan view of a loyalty web site display according to one preferred embodiment of the invention;
[0015]FIG. 4 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example procedure for providing customer loyalty benefits according to the invention;
[0016]FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example procedure for redeeming customer loyalty benefits according to the invention; and
[0017]FIG. 6 is a is a process flow diagram illustrating an example procedure for providing and redeeming customer loyalty benefits according to an alternate embodiment of the invention.
[0018]FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing enhanced secondary services to on-line merchants over a distributed communication network 10. According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the distributed communication network comprises the Internet; however, any type of distributed communication network such as a wide-area network may be used in conjunction with the principles of the invention. For purposes of explanation only, the invention will be hereinafter described in the context of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
[0019] As shown in FIG. 1, the invention contemplates a plurality of merchant servers 14 a-14 c, a plurality of clients 16 a-16 c, and a merchant loyalty server 12, each operatively connected to the Internet 10 such that each server or client is able to communicate and exchange data with any other server or client. Merchant servers 14 a-14 c present commercial transaction-based web sites to clients (i.e. customers) 16 a-16 c who log in or access the merchant servers 14 a-14 c.
[0020] One example of a merchant web site is shown in FIG. 2 as web site 20. For purposes of explanation, a fictional company called Widgetz.com will be used. The merchant's web site typically contains artwork or stylized graphics 21 which identify the site to the customer as coming from the particular merchant. After a customer has entered an on-line order with the merchant, and the merchant has processed the order, typically the merchant will display to the customer a page indicating that the customer's order has been successfully processed and displaying an order confirmation number for the customer to retain if the future need arises to communicate with the merchant regarding the order.
[0021] According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a banner ad 22 is placed on the order confirmation page. The banner ad will offer the customer a loyalty benefit, such as the opportunity to receive her next widget free. Alternatively, depending on the nature of the merchant's business, the offer may be for free shipping, a percentage or specific dollar amount discount, enhanced warranties, or free accidental death insurance, traveler's insurance, or term life insurance. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of an offer for a free widget for purposes of illustration. Additionally, instead of a banner ad, text 22 may be code or hypertext as is well known in the art.
[0022] When the customer clicks on the offer 22, the customer is brought to a merchant loyalty site 30 as shown in FIG. 3. Loyalty site 30 is actually located on merchant loyalty server 12; however, the site graphics 31 are made to have the same �look and feel� as the merchant's web site (this would be accomplished by prior contractual arrangement between the merchant and the merchant loyalty service provider). As such, the customer would perceive that she is still within the merchant's own web site.
[0023] The loyalty web site would present an offer to the customer, for example, for products such as cellular telephones, pagers, credit cards, magazines, insurance, or services such as memberships, extended warranties, and the like. These products would be offered either as a special benefit to the merchant's customer available at bargain prices, or as a free or �thank you� benefit to the loyal customer of the merchant's web site.
[0024] In the case of product offers, the customer will be offered the opportunity to receive a gift certificate, next product free, or free shipping as an added incentive for the customer to accept the offer. In the case of the �thank you� benefit, such as free insurance or warranty, the customer would be encouraged to buy an upgrade to the insurance or warranty provided as the free benefit. As shown in FIG. 3, the loyalty web page would contain fields for the customer to enter her personal information, including her e-mail address and phone number, as well as credit card information. When the customer has completed entry of the required information, she would click on an icon or hyperlink 32 indicating her acceptance of the offer. One example of a process whereby a customer accepts a loyalty offer is illustrated in FIG. 4.
[0025] At step 41, the customer at the merchant site 20 clicks on the banner ad or hypertext 22 and is brought to the merchant loyalty web site 30. At step 42, the customer accepts the benefit offer (after entering the required information) by clicking on the acceptance icon or hypertext 32. At step 43, once the merchant loyalty server 12 receives the information from the customer, the loyalty server transmits the customer information to the offer provider. For example, in the case of a wireless telephone, the loyalty server would transmit the customer's information to the wireless or cellular telephone provider or manufacturer for processing. At step 44, the customer would be sent back to the merchant's web site 20 after completion of the benefit application.
[0026] After processing by the offer provider and acceptance of the customer's application, at step 45 the provider notifies the loyalty server that the customer's application has been accepted. In response, at step 46 the loyalty server would send a free benefit or gift certificate to the customer for redemption, such as by email. The e-mail also may contain a hypertext link to the merchant's web site. Of course, the certificate may be sent to the customer by any mode of communication, such as mail or facsimile, or by communication to the customer when the customer logs on to the merchant web site using a unique customer account or identification number.
[0027]FIG. 5 illustrates one example of a process whereby the customer redeems the certificate. At step 51, the customer logs on to the merchant's web site to purchase her next widget, and receives an order confirmation. At step 52, the customer hyperlinks to a merchant loyalty redemption web page serviced by the loyalty server 12. The redemption web page would be accessed in the same manner as the loyalty offer web page described above.
[0028] At step 53, the customer would enter her order confirmation information and gift certificate information on the loyalty redemption web page. The loyalty server verifies the entered information, and then issues a credit on behalf of the customer and transmits the credit to the merchant's server at step 54. The merchant then applies the credit to the customer's order. Such credit, for example, could be for a free widget, a discount, or for free shipping, as the case may be.
[0029] Alternatively, the certificate information may be passed to the merchant server automatically by the loyalty server. In this case, the customer would be given the option of redeeming the certificate upon entering an order.
[0030]FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a circumstance wherein no acceptance of a customer application by the offer provider is required. Under such circumstances, the offer provider will automatically compensate the merchant loyalty service provider for each new customer referral, and as such no acceptance confirmation would be needed for the free benefit to be applied. At step 61, the customer would hyperlink from the merchant's web site 20 to the merchant loyalty web site 30, as described above, where the customer would be presented with the benefit offer. At step 62, the customer would accept the offer, as explained above. The loyalty server at step 63 would then transmit the customer information to the offer provider, and at step 64 would immediately issue a credit or certificate to the customer, either by displaying the certificate to the customer, or by sending the certificate information to the merchant's web site. At step 65, the customer is then returned to the merchant's web site. At the merchant's web site, the customer would be given the option of applying the certificate to her next order.
[0031] The procedure of FIG. 6 also is applicable to those situations where a �thank you� or free benefit is automatically provided to the customer, with the opportunity for the customer to purchase an upgrade, as in the case of insurance or extended warranties. If the customer accepts the free or �thank you� benefit but does not want to purchase an upgrade, the customer will not enter credit card information but will be immediately returned to the merchant's web site.
[0032] In the case of insurance as a benefit, a customer would be offered a certain amount of free insurance while she is on a client web site. Once registered for this insurance, the customer will be offered an upgrade to a higher amount of insurance, or potentially a different type of insurance. In the case of either the free insurance or the upgraded insurance, insurance regulations require that the customer be provided with a certificate of insurance or policy for the provided coverage. According to the present invention, the certificate of insurance or policy is delivered to the customer electronically over the Internet in a secure fashion, with an option for the customer to select conventional fulfillment through the mail.
[0033] The invention having been described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the same may be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Any and all such modifications are intended to be included in the scope of the following claims.
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In Context: 3 Winters
3 Dec
This seminar explores what life was like for those who lived through these tumultuous times, the historical and social context of the play and the role of women in society.
Beatboxing & Spoken Word
3 Dec
This workshop introduces the basics of beatboxing and spoken word from acclaimed artists Grace Savage and Deanna Rodger
Treasure Island: Prop Making - Buried Treasure
6 Dec
Join our prop-makers to find out how some of the items used in the show were made and have a go at creating a gold coin for your own treasure chest.
Treasure Island: Stage Combat
6 Dec
Fight Director Bret Yount gives families a unique insight into the fight sequences created for the show and introduces a range of moves that can be used to create a realistic pirate brawl.
Treasure Island: All Aboard! – A Pirate's Life at Sea
6 Dec
Step into a world filled with deadly curses, ferocious pirates and stormy seas and explore Jim's thrilling voyage from Black Cove to Treasure Island.
How to...be a Production Manager
8 Dec
Put your questions to members of the NT Production department and find out what the role of a Production Manager actually entails.
Talk: Women Pirates
10 Dec
This talk looks at the real women pirates of history and considers what their lives were like at sea as well as on land. With David Cordingly, maritime historian and a leading authority on pirates.
Play Group with Tena Štivičić
10 Dec
Play Group sessions are an opportunity for young people to read and discuss plays with writers and theatre practitioners
Here Lies Love: David Byrne's Reference Library
12 Dec
Explore David Byrne's large collection of research and discover the history that inspired Here Lies Love. Includes a screening of the documentary Imelda and Me.
Short course: King Lear at the National Theatre
19 Jan
This three-week course explores the four NT productions of King Lear.
CPD: Bringing a Novel to Life in the English Classroom
23 Jan
A two-day course for English teachers. You will learn a range of drama techniques that can help to bring a novel to life in the classroom.
Series: Black Plays
24 Jan
In this series Natasha Bonnelame will explore a diverse collection of plays from dramatists of African and Caribbean heritage
Series: Black Plays - Lonely Londoners
24 Jan
This session focuses on African diasporic communities and the experiences of migrants in the latter stages of the 20th century in the UK.
Archive Learning Day: Greek Theatre (2015)
30 Jan
Students will compare and contrast NT productions of Greek drama, exploring the different ways that directors interpret and stage the plays for a contemporary audience. Suitable for KS5 students.
Series: Black Plays - Black Woman Time
31 Jan
This session examines the development of black women playwrights and black theatre companies with a gender specific remit.
How Plays Work: 3 Winters
1 Feb
Playwright April de Angelis leads this playwriting masterclass, based on Tena Štivičić's play, 3 Winters.
NT Revealed: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2 Feb
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Staff Director Emily Lim presents an in-depth insight into Rufus Norris' production and how he led the rehearsal process with the acting company. Suitable for KS4 & KS5 students
Series: Black Plays - Post-colonial Beginnings
7 Feb
This session engages with issues of decolonisation in Africa during the late 1950s and 60s. The plays in question give voice to the brutality of imperialism and bring to light the suffering and resistance of the African communities.
Archive Learning Day: Frankenstein (2015)
13 Feb
Danny Boyle's 2011 production of Frankenstein provides the stimulus for students to examine the Gothic genre. Suitable for KS4 and KS5 students studying English, Media Studies or Drama.
Series: Black Plays - Coups and Calypsos
14 Feb
This session focuses on the position of the Caribbean Carnival, which since the 1960s has emerged as one of the primary influences on Caribbean drama.
Series: Black Plays - Township Plays
21 Feb
During the 1970s and 80s, theatre played an important role in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and elsewhere. This session explores the resistance and daily struggle of the black South African communities.
Archive Learning Day: King Lear (2015)
27 Feb
Discover four different NT productions of King Lear from Sam Mendes' 2014 production with Simon Russell Beale, to David Hare's 1986 production with Anthony Hopkins. Suitable for KS5 students
Series: Black Plays - Sexuality
28 Feb
This session examines representations of black lesbian and gay men within the theatre.
In Context: George Bernard Shaw
5 Mar
Mark Lawson leads a panel of speakers investigating how Shaw wrote drama in response to the problems of the time and how, when reviving his work today, we find parallels with current social issues.
Developing Your Response To Theatre
6 Mar
These workshops led by Sam Marlowe will explore your emotional and intellectual responses to theatre, and will equip you with vocabulary and critical-thinking techniques for meaningful discussion about the play.
In Context: Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Representing India
11 Mar
This seminar will explore the ways the poor have appeared in journalism, writing and film-making.
Archive Learning Day: Verbatim Theatre
13 Mar
Learn how verbatim theatre has been made and staged at the National Theatre. Examine the development of the form through the work of key practitioners, from David Hare and Alecky Blythe to Nadia Fall. Suitable for KS5 students
In Context: Adapting Novels for Young People for the Stage
19 Mar
Find out what makes a good adaptation for young people. How do you engage the audience? What are the challenges and the pitfalls?
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During Lent, I will make lentil soup at least a few times. It is a great vegetarian dish to have and can be supplemented with a warm crusty bread or a grilled cheese sandwich for hungry bellies. My family loves this dish and I've received compliments when bringing it to Soup and Stations on Fridays in Lent at our church.
Preparing to Cook the Lentil Soup
Lentil Soup is so easy to make with all of the 'work' being done up front with the prep and cooking of vegetables. I usually gather all my ingredients, move to chopping the vegetables and then will sauté them for a brief while before everything goes into the pot for a long simmer.
Lentil Soup ~ Recipe
- 1 large onion, peeled and diced
- 4 to 6 stalks of celery, washed and sliced
- 4 to 6 carrots, peeled and diced
- 4 to 6 cloves of garlic, crushed or diced (optional)
- 3 Tbsp. vegetarian chicken boullion powder
- 1 lb. dried lentils
- 1 small can tomato paste
- 1 to 2 tomatoes, diced
- 3 small bay leaves
- Prepare all diced vegetables and rinse the lentils.
- In skillet, saute the diced onion, celery, carrots and garlic (if used).
- In soup pot, bring the water to a boil. Add chicken boullion powder, stirring to dissolve.
- Add sauteed vegetables, lentils, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, and bay leaf.
- Simmer on low to medium heat (a slow rolling boil) for an hour.
- Remove bay leaves and serve with salt and pepper to taste.
Looking for some more soup or stew recipes? Check out this great link up, too.
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Shilpa Shetty who has her hands full with producing a movie will also be one of the three judges at the new season of dancing reality show 'Nach Baliye'. This season will witness the sixth season of 'Nach Baliye' on Star Plus. The first season was aired in 2005. It is a dance reality show
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"Turkish Rondo" From Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In this music appreciation activity, students listen to "Turkish Rondo" from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Students read about the composer and the piece. Students follow a "listening map" and complete a music coloring activity and word search.
5th - 6th Visual & Performing Arts
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What do Ben Franklin and Wolfgang Mozart have in common? Find out about the musical invention, the armonica or glassy-chord. Learners will read about how Ben Franklin invented this new instrument and how Wolfgang Mozart came to play it. They'll study Mozart's Adagio in C Minor and write a paragraph describing his use of the armonica.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Students study the life and music of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They practice listening for the downbeat of a musical selection. They participate in a physical exercise where they march around in a circle and clap to the downbeat of a musical selection.
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As much as the stereotype of the solitary painter working alone and
shutting him- or herself off from the world makes artists seem
mysterious and cool, I've found that artists tend to be fairly social
creatures, and their cool factor isn't lessened by their sense of
community. Sometimes this is situational—you are in a painting or
drawing workshop or class, and you swap stories and commiserate and
encourage your fellow students because you are working through the same
issues and assignments.
Painting outdoors in winter can be an extreme sport. The snow, the
wind, the cold—it takes a certain kind of artist to paint a winter
landscape while in a winter landscape. The first time I
attempted this was a couple of years ago when I was living in
Connecticut. Two feet of snow had fallen the day before, but when I
looked out my window the scene was so inviting. I didn't go far and
didn't stay out long, but I had fun trying to capture the light effects
and reflective surface of the snow during daylight.
Over and over again I hear artists cooing about the thick richness
of oil paints and its appealing spreadability, and yes, all of that is totally true.
But artist Bev Jozwiak is giving oil a run for its money in terms of buttery appearance
and saturated colors, and she's doing it with watercolor.
No, not Spanish or Italian or French. An artist needs to be fluent
in the languages of realism and abstraction. By realism I mean the formal
aspects of art--the painting techniques and drawing skills we develop over time
through experience. Abstraction is the other side of the coin, the visual
language that frees us to paint and draw what is going on inside our heads. It
means that I may be looking at a tree, but I want to paint power, life, majesty,
and wisdom. The tree becomes a vessel for my message, not the message itself.
I'm starting this year by reassessing my approach to painting and
recommitting to more concentrated studio time. I don't necessarily feel
that I want to completely revamp my process, but there are a few old
habits that I want to break and a few new ones I want to instill. I've
found that the more people I tell about my plans, the more likely I am
to follow through, so here are my painting resolutions for the New Year:
No apologies from me for that attempt at sensationalism (I would have
written tabloid headlines in another life). The truth is I was lucky
enough to sit down and chat with artist and instructor C.W. Mundy, who
is generous with both his time and his talents. We chatted about his upbringing, strategies for being a successful artist, and more.
A lot of painters have strong opinions about whether or not it is
helpful to premix colors on the palette before painting. I'm not
talking about making your paints from scratch but rather about mixing a
few colors, or even just one, after you've identified what the main
colors in the work are going to be. Then, you don't have to remix those
colors during the painting process. For example, if you are painting a
still life with green apples, at the onset you could mix a large
quantity of the green you've decided to use so that you have it in
reserve throughout the process. I don't have strong feelings one way or
the other on this, but here are some of the pros and cons of premixing
your colors:
I used to think so romantically about Monet, Pissarro, and the other
Impressionists. Not romantic like Manet is so dreamy; romantic as in
idealizing this particular group of painters—thinking they stepped
outside of their studios and, snap, Impressionism just happened.
Veneration can sometimes blind the mind's eye to all the toil and
planning that goes behind an elegant masterpiece. The reality is that
the Impressionists were strategists, thinkers, and pioneering
technicians when it came to the art they produced.
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We are planning a very last minute trip to Europe from Oct 1st-10th. As it is a bit too late to plan a land vacation, I thought we could do a 5 night cruise. Costa has a very good price for a 5 night cruise from Barcelona with stops in Palma de Majjorca. Marseilles. Ajaccio (Corsica), Savona and back. Not sure how good this cruiseline is after the recent Costa Concodia disaster. But after reading some mixed reviews on Cruise Critic, I am thinking of trying it as I have always wanted to go to Corsica and Majjorca. Seems like an easy way to go without too much preplanning so late. But before I lock it in. I thought I should get some feedback from Fodorites. We have cruised before but mainly on Princess, NCL etc. Reviewers on Costa like the ship and itinerary but not too happy with food choices and customer service. As it is only 5 nights and being a vegetarian with limited choices anyway, I was ok with that. Hope we wont have an issue with customer service though !
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Well you pretty much said it yourself IMHO. They do fall short comparitively as you noted for CS. I suppose you can look at it as a trade off. It's a good price and the itin. suits you but you may be disappointed with the CS compared to what you are used to. Anyway it's only 5 days. Good luck!
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Thanks. Will decide this weekend and will post a report if we go ahead . I think I read that you are going to India and Thailand. Can't wait to read about it when you get back. Namaste!
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Thank you. I'll do a TR in the Asia forum. My wife is Indian and this will be our 7th trip there together. Our niece is getting married. Bangkok is on the way back.
Cheers, Larry.
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Well, we did the cruise and had a great time. Palma de Mallorca was our favorite. Also enjoyed Ajjacio because we got to visit Napoleon Bonaparte's family home. Will write more about Costa and our trip when we get home.
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Good to hear and thanks for reporting back. Larry
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