Moody, Grungy, Faux Books

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Leslie Sigal Javorek | 1 Comment

Posted by: Leslie Sigal Javorek • Date: Thurs. May. 20, 2010 11:50 pm

No big thoughts today, just a couple of moody, grungy faux book cover images for you. Sweet Dreams.

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10,000 Have Visited IconDoIt. How About You?

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Leslie Sigal Javorek | 3 Comments

Posted by: Leslie Sigal Javorek • Date: Sun. May. 16, 2010 4:00 pm

I am truly humbled to know that 10,000 people from around the globe have taken the time to visit IconDoIt in the 10 months that I’ve been blogging. I wanted to be able to reach out to people and to give back to a community that has been so generous to me, but I had no idea I would reach so many so quickly. Thank You, All! And I hope you will return again and again and that perhaps more of you will join in the various conversations here (simply click on the Comments link that’s at the bottom of each post to read the comments of others and to add your own. If it’s your first time commenting, I require that you fill in your real name and e-mail address which is solely used for verification that you are a real person and not a robot, spammer, or rogue cartoon character run amuck. I will never publish or sell that info.)

Ever wonder where all the visitors come from? I do. So I signed up for the free StatCounter service which not only tells me how many “hits” my blog gets, but also whether or not they are first time visitors, how much time they spent on my site, how many downloaded my various freebies, how many checked out my Creative Commons license, and what city, state and country they came from. It doesn’t tell me who the individuals are or their home address or other personal information but the info it does give me is just enough to help me to better focus my content on what my readers are interested in. Of course, your own comments and requests is always the surest way to nudge me in the right direction! As an example of the info I get from StatCounter, below is a screenshot I took of a chart showing the number of visitors by country in just the last 7 days.

“Visitors to IconDoIt by Country, May 8-16, 2010”

Butterflies are Free

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Leslie Sigal Javorek | 8 Comments

Posted by: Leslie Sigal Javorek • Date: Fri. May. 14, 2010 5:40 pm

Way back in 1972 there was a wonderful little movie with Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Jr., and Eileen ~~Brennan~~ Heckart titled “Butterflies Are Free”. While parts of the movie may appear to be dated, the story itself is not. On the surface, it is about those society used to refer to as “Free Spirits” and about the limitations imposed by physical disabilities but underneath the covers it’s really about how we each view ourselves, why, and what really makes one free. If you haven’t seen this flick – or even heard of it, I highly recommend getting hold of a copy. I plan on doing so myself as it’s been 30+ years since I last saw it but I’ve got a feeling that it will still be as powerful as I remember it.

“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” – “Little Donnie Dark” fictional storybook character from the movie, “Butterflies Are Free”

In keeping with the theme of butterflies, I’m serving up a small selection of butterfly images I recently made for a rather large, ambitious project I’ve started to work on. (More about that to come in the next few weeks and months. But the primary inspiration behind it is my theory that, as long as there are still things left to do on your “Bucket List” you’re not allowed to die yet. (For those of you looking for loopholes in that theory, I’ve checked. And No, procrastination won’t win you extra time, and the tasks on your list have to be ones that are intended to make the world a little bit better for your having been here. Seems reasonable to me, at least, so worth a try.) 😉

Enjoy!

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