FREE Original Art Giveaway

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So, one of the various things I've been doing lately in terms of my art, is making collages. The collages (for the most part) are made up of words, letters, numbers, symbols, photographs, magazine cut-outs, and freehand drawings all combined together, on everything from white printer paper, to recycled cardboard. They all generally have specific themes and messages that go along with them, and each one is 100% unique. No two are the same.

There have been more and more readers visiting Artistic Resistance lately, and I wanted to try to do something for you, the "audience." It's funny, because sometimes when I look at a webpage, I make assumptions about their reader-base according to the number of comments I see underneath each post. You however, my friends, don't seem like much of a commenting crowd. Lately it's gotten a bit more popular, which I'm very happy to see, but I'd love for there to be TONS and TONS of more comments. And I promise to write back to each and every one of you that writes to me here.

Just to give you an idea, as of the time that I'm typing this sentence, there have been 307 viewers to visit this site just in the past 12 HOURS alone. For some websites/bloggers, that's not really much to celebrate, but to me, a completely independent writer without ANY additional writers, contributors, and with ZERO advertising, those are figures I'm really proud of. That means our audience is solely coming via word-of-mouth, and from people doing Google searches that happen to be related to topics and keywords associated with these articles.

Previously, I had tried to put together a little contest for one lucky Artistic Resistance reader to win 2 FREE advanced-screening passes to a movie that was not yet even in theatres, but the contest really didn't go the way I had planned. The main reason that I think it didn't become popular was because I didn't really allow for enough time before the actual screening would be taking place. Also, I had specifically mentioned that in order to screen the film, you would have to be in the proximity of New York City (because that's where the theatre was located.) Out of the people that I do know personally, who often seem to enjoy discussing the latest articles I've posted, a handful of them asked me specifically about the screening passes. They were wondering who won them, and said things like "ah, I would have loved to go to that!" Well, all I really could say to that was, "why didn't you enter to win the tickets?!"

So here's the new idea I had. During this past week I've made three completed pieces, and I'm in the process of finishing a fourth, which is taking a bit longer because of its size and the material its made of. I'm only going to do this if there is enough of an interest being expressed by you, the readers, but I'd like to COMPLETELY RANDOMLY pool together the names of those that are interested in winning, and pick out 1-3 winners to receive one of these collage pieces that I've been creating. Each one is made by hand, completely by me, and is given a lot of time and thought. The winner(s) will be RANDOMLY selected. Whether or not I know you personally, you have an equal chance of winning, because I'm just going to put each entry into a program that shuffles the names randomly, and that's how the winner(s) will be selected. I'll also sign the piece for you as well, and if you want me to inscribe the back, I'd be happy to do that.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ENTERING TO WIN AN ORIGINAL SIGNED PIECE OF MY ARTWORK, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS...
1). Go up to the top left of this page and register as a SUBSCRIBER/FOLLOWER of Artistic Resistance.

2). Contact me either by commenting on THIS blog post (dated: Saturday, October 8th), -OR- by clicking on the "View Profile" button on the left sidebar, and sending me an e-mail by following the instructions that should be given right through there. **I know some of you have expressed that you prefer remaining anonymous on the actual webpage; I completely respect your privacy and I'm not going to push you to do anything differently.**

Once you've become a SUBSCRIBER/FOLLOWER of the blog, and left a comment or e-mail with at least a first name (or a nickname is fine,) then you will be officially entered to win. No other steps needed. Deadline, for now, is TO BE DETERMINED.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER, YOU CAN JUST LEAVE A COMMENT.
I HAVE THE LIST OF WHO IS ALREADY SUBSCRIBED.