My son-in-law gave me this organizer. Crazy about it. And so now, instead of jumbled paints I know what I have at my fingertips and can more easily see what I need. I even have my hues grouped by transparency and opacity: something I’ve paid little attention to, but understand better now. We live & learn, AND gain help from others.

And here’s a new trick: I set up a 5 question survey about this blog and sent it out to my subscribers. My reason: so I could see what’s happening out there. Solomon said “ship your grain across the sea; after many days you will receive a return.” And I imagine that for King Solomon the Mediterranean Sea might have been as vast a wonder as the world wide web is to us. My stats on this blog indicate I have visitors from China, Japan, the UK, and even Israel sometimes. I’ve been writing here bi-monthly since 2008. Why? Words are seeds; I just feel I need to ship some out.

I get very little written feedback, but I can see that lots of people read. Am I hitting a target? What is the target? It feels more like grain going out on ships. I wondered about frequency: and find in responses to the survey so far that the timing of how often I post seems useful. I wondered about whether my writing is too abstract (like my paintings often are). One regular reader said “sometimes I don’t know what you mean.” Others: “I read because you make me think” “perspectives to ponder”. I gained from further comments some insight into what best helps folks and what is particularly of less of value. So thank-you to those who’ve taken the time. The survey is anonymous so to the 1 person who indicated needing to unsubscribe I ask you to do that easily when you get an email notice of a new blog entry. You’ll see the unsubscribe tab there.

And if you are one of my far away readers, I would love to hear from you too. Here is a link to a simple survey. I have adapted what I sent to subscribers as I learned the question grid on my first attempt was a bit confusing. This survey is simple check boxes, and you can choose to be anonymous. It is 5 simple questions and should only take you about 5 minutes to answer. I will definitely organize and use your input.

“Find our who you are and do it on purpose” Dolly Parton