Steve Pavlina (who is the man) wrote an article called “How To Earn Your First Love Dollar“.  In it, he poses the question,

“If you really commit yourself to the idea, can you earn $1 from doing something you love?”

He then goes on to say,

“Very often people who are stuck in the pattern of doing work they dislike will shun simple opportunities to earn small amounts of money doing something they love.”

Hm.  Stuck in a pattern of doing work I dislike?  Check.  Shun simple opportunities to earn small amounts of money doing something I love?  Well…I don’t know about shun, but - no - I haven’t actually presented the opportunity.  Um.  Check, I guess.

I give myself plenty of opportunities to get paid for work I am pretty good at, but don’t care about.  And because I don’t care, I never push for more.  I don’t care if I do it again or not, and I simply move on to the next ‘opportunity’.

What do I love?  What do I care about?  I love writing; I love helping people; I love this blog. 

Steve Pavlina, you have thrown down the gauntlet, and I will meet your challenge, sir!  The goal?  Make a dollar doing something I love.  This is where you come in.  If you enjoy the awesomeness that is My Visual Arts Studio, please donate a lil’ somethin’ somethin’.

If 100 people would donate a penny, or 10 people donate a dime, if 4 people donate a quarter, or if 1 person donates a dollar - I will have met my goal…making a dollar doing something I love.

(if you’re really commit to the ideea, click “DONATE” on the next page)

WORDPRESS does not want you to donate, but BLOGSPOT sure DOES !!!

And since I would never  leave my beloved readers high and dry, after I make my love dollar I will post a video of me dancing.  That’s right.  Me.  Dancing.  This way I get paid a dollar for doing two  things I love!  Because efficiency is awesome.

Even if you don’t donate, I think this would be amazing  to try in your own life.  A dollar.  For doing something you love.  Can’t be that hard…right?  I would lovelovelove to know how you earned your ‘love dollar’.  Please come back and share what is sure to be a pretty interesting story!

Still if you don’t want to donate (cheap bastard) for all the effort spent to CREATE this INCREDIBLE visual blog, feel free to explore every part of it!!

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“Life is an illusion; albeit a persistent one.” - Albert Einstein

   VIVA LA VIDA

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemies eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
“Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!”

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt, and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
Once you know there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People could not believe what I’d become
Revolutionaries Wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

Hear Jerusalem bells are ringings
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world