MaraZine is now a blog

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Art happens – no hovel is safe from it, no prince can depend on it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.  - James Abbot McNeill Whistler 

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From Online Newsletter To Blog

We’ve finally joined the hordes of bloggers in the blogosphere – yay us!

Not ones to turn our noses up at all sweeping trends, we’ve decided to investigate – and got hooked.  Between the three of us (Rima, Neda and Zan), we’ve managed to come up with not one, but two different blogs – MaraZine and artEzan. We’re willing to bet you’ll get hooked on reading our blogs as well.

I have to admit, it’s loads of fun to write a blog, even more than this newsletter.  We're still writing about the arts, delightful finds and different techniques, but with the added bonus of no deadlines and many more frequent updates – almost daily articles and posts, and mucho images.  It’s a lot easier to add pictures to a blog than to a website, so I’m getting a kick out of adding a visual anchor to every single article.  It is also easier for the readers to leave comments on things they’ve loved or hated, and we treasure this feedback.   You will also find open discussions on fascinating topics related to art and its role in all our lives.

There is so much for us to share about subjects that interest us both (writer and reader – a fair assumption since you’re already here) and we’re looking forward to having you visit us at our new “location”.

You can also subscribe very easily for email updates on both blogs, and it is just as safe as doing it here. That way, you'll be getting new posts to your inbox directly, within a few hours of their going live.

 Come visit, we’ll leave a light on for you…

What we've already featured  

on MaraZine

• Between You And Me: An artist’s confession

• Puff Away 

• Faux Mosaic

• Is It Spring Yet?

• Just Kidding Collage 

• Sketch in the afternoon 

• My Nifty New Pump Pen 

• Darling Doily 

• Things I’ve learned (Clorox 2) 

• Clorox anyone? 

• What in Christie's Name Are Art Cards? 

• Cheating is fun 

• Writing For You 

• Refurbishing A Beat-Up Winsor & Newton Tin 

• Who Says Art Can Only Be Found on Canvas? 

• War d’Oeuvres 

• Meanwhile At the Art Gallery

In artEzan

• Home Made Watercolour Bijou Box 

• Spring? 

• Daylight Saving 

• A Poetry Contest 

• Red Barn

• Another Altoids Watercolour Box

• Companions 

• Sensory Deprivation 

• Mina The Cat 

• More Aceos 

• What To Read 

• Dock Sketch

  (plus a lot more online)

Here's A Preview

From "Between You and Me, by Neda:

Is art an expression of our inner psyche? An expression of our feelings or a reflection of our environment? An abstract thought or just a reaction to some stimulus? A message to the world? An aesthetic exercise? DOES one’s art mean anything?"

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