Christmas goodies, and a bit of soppiness

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My online store: www.asni.net/shop.php *** My Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/asni

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It's Thanksgiving in the US. The Christmas season is upon us. And like everyone who sells things online, this time of year is when I sell things online. And I need to sell things online if I want to keep the boat afloat. So this journal entry is not going to be a piece of autobiographical literature, or precious pieces of my hard won life wisdom. It is not a feminist rant nor a musing on the State of the Art. No. It is an unabashed PIMP:

For my online shop: www.asni.net/shop.php * my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/Asni * and the prints I have for sale through the DA print service. Which gives you *30% OFF ALL WEEKEND*. How cool is that. I bet everyone is updating their journals just now! :D

I ask you: ARE YOU LOOKING for some first class unique made in New Zealand exceptional exciting Christmas pressies? ARE YOU MOREOVER A FAN of all things Tolkien and Hobbit and Lord of the Rings?

Then you have come to the right place.

There's this: Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 photo wall calendar: photography.asni.net/calendar.…

Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - January by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - February by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - March by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - April by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - May by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - June by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - July by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - August by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - September by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand 2013 calendar - October by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand calendar 2013 - November by starsong-photo Middle Earth New Zealand calendar 2013 - December by starsong-photo

And just in, is this: Map of New Zealand Film Locations (including Lord of the Rings, and Other movies, such as Narnia series, Last Samurai, The Piano, Whale Rider, etc. etc. ) photography.asni.net/nzmap.php -- or you can order a print through the DA print store

New Zealand film locations map - updated by Starsong-Studio

... and if you just wanted to send a few Christmas cards, with an appropriate wintry seasonal theme (for those of you in Northern climates): try this:
Snowflake - Xmas card design by Starsong-Studio or this Vector Fox by Starsong-Studio

Cards can be ordered through the DA print service, through my website: www.asni.net/cardorder.php. or through my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/Asni

But I don't want to just unabashedly pimp. I would also like to express my gratitude. I've just been and read the official DA Hot Topic about "Saying Thank You", and yes it is a bit soppy, but they also have a point.

I would like to say that I am deeply, profoundly, unspeakably grateful to every single person who has ever bought any of the things I am selling – be it through one of my online stores, or from a stall at a Con or a Christmas market, or through a retailer or gallery. Be it CDs or sheet music, calendars, cards, prints, or - this year for the first time, hurrah! - pieces of original art.

You people make my day. You make my week, you make my month, you make my decade. Because, to me, this type of transaction is not just an exchange of goods for money. It is an affirmation that people like myself, and so many others I know here on DA, who struggle to get their work "out there", to be seen or heard or read among the cacophony of things that are offered to us to spend our money and our time and attention on,  often not by creative individuals, but by organizations who have a massive apparatus of marketing and publicity at their disposal, backed up with insane amounts of money and hired brains  – that people like us can be seen and heard and read, and that we do something worthwhile. And that though it may be the hard and stony road, ultimately it is the more satisfying. I really, truly believe that it makes the world a better place – because there will be less people stuck  all day doing something they hate, for the sake of an illusion of "safety" that does not even really exist any more, in this day and age of mass unemployment and economical crises. People who are so frustrated and unhappy that they pass their frustration and unhappiness on to those around them, making them frustrated and unhappy individuals in turn. It just does not seem like a healthy way to run a society!

And it is an affirmation that it can be done. That we don't have to listen to those who insist that we must have "a job" or even "a steady income" to be worthwhile human beings. A steady income would be nice. I am still ways away from one, or from actually being able to support myself through the work of my hands and brains and ears and eyes. But these days, I can glimpse the possibility of it somewhere on the horizon. And I have never been so happy – no, let's say, so steadily contented with my life, than in the last few years, since I've decided to leave the rat race behind for good, and focus on doing these things properly – to reach that far off goal, or die in the attempt.

So, buy my stuff. You'll keep me from dying in the attempt. :D

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October newsletter now online: www.asni.net/newsletter/newsle…

The Good, the Ugly, and the Beautiful
* Living on the internet: The Good, the Ugly, the Beautiful, and the Plain Weird
* News & Current Projects
* Cool Things Friends Do: Wai Art
* Pirates, Vampires, and Tall Dark Strangers (pt 5)
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Please visit my personal website: www.asni.net
New Blog about photography: starsongstudio.wordpress.com
My Myspace & Reverbnation musician profiles: www.myspace.com/asniharp ** www.reverbnation.com/asni

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GERMAN FAIRY TALES PROJECT
Der Knabe und der Wassermann
Der Knabe und der Wassermann III by Starsong-Studio Der Knabe und der Wassermann I by Starsong-Studio

Brothers Grimm cover design:
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales cover - final by Starsong-Studio

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EARTHSEA ILLUSTRATION PROJECT:
Limited Edition Giclee Prints available now! www.asni.net/gicleeprintorder.…

A Wizard of Earthsea:
Earthsea: Wizards and Goats by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Casting the Spell by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Inside the Terrenon by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Flight from Oskill by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: The Hands by Starsong-Studio

The Tombs of Atuan:
Earthsea: Being Eaten by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Tombs of Atuan II by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Tombs of Atuan 1 by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: The Painted Room by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: In the Desert by Starsong-Studio

The Farthest Shore:
Earthsea: Courtyard in Roke by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Equinox Chant by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Dragon's Run by Starsong-Studio Earthsea: Coming Home by Starsong-Studio


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