After ten years, I’ve decided what to do with this domain:  Turn it into a hodge-podge of strange, quirky and generally inspiring links for creative people.

Some of the links will be about art.  Some will be very non-art, but — for me, anyway — they trigger ideas, especially creative ideas.

When I can include videos, images and audio files, I will.  Ditto any PDFs or other printables I can provide.

This site is now, officially, my site for things that I look at and say, “Wow… isn’t that cool!”  (Or, in some cases, “Hmm… interesting.”)

If it’s thought-provoking or awe-inspiring and somehow connects with my creative impulses, this is where it’ll be.

(Note: Some product- or process-specific links will be — or will also be — posted at my other websites, including Artists Journals, Aisling dot net, Wild Art Dolls, and elsewhere.)

Santa Flamingo began around 2002, maybe earlier, when I kept plastic flamingos on my (NH) apartment balcony.

When winter arrived, I decided to make them Santa Claus hats.

(At left are the pre-hat flamingos.)

HT — now my husband — saw my photos online, and I’m not sure which of us first declared them “Santa Flamingos,” which then led to the imaginary country of Santa Flamingo… and the first incarnation of this website.

I’m not sure where I’m going with this site.  I’ve tried a variety of ideas, and none seemed quite right.

For now, I’ve linked to things I like — and my own freebies, of course — and… well, I’m thinking about this as I continue to align myself with my creative North Star.

The latter is a reference to the superb self-help book by Martha Beck, Steering by Starlight. I thought I knew where I was going with my work, but I kept landing very far off the intended path.  Now — after spending about a month going through the “…Starlight” book — I’m making amazing progress and I understand the real context of what drives me, creatively.

Somewhere in all of this, Santa Flamingo will fit in.

It has to be flippant and fun.  It has to be quirky and more than a little renegade.