The Artella Staff has voted on their favorite post for Blog Topic #5, on the topic of "This morning, the first thought in my head was..."

 
In addition to voting for a post by non-Artella staff, they also voted on an "in-house" favorite post by a staff colleague.  Both winning posts win the prize of being the last two bloggers to receive the honor of hosting best-selling creativity author Eric Maisel when he comes to the Artella Café in March as part of his “virtual tour” for his new book, Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path Through Depression.  That means that Maisel will be coming to YOUR blog to talk about his work and share his fabulous insight and inspiration, and you'll also get a FREE copy of the book!  Plus, the favorite post will also be featured in The Artella Daily Muse. 

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I just love reading everyone's responses to these posts.  Be sure to keep reading this thread to get links to ALL the posts that were shared on this topic.

The favorite posts are:

Billizetti for this post in his blog, Billizetti's World.  Here are a few comments about Bill's post from Artella staff Members:

"I picked this post because it generated a lot of responses that seemed to get other people thinking."

"He writes from his heart."

"His honesty is so refreshing and INSPIRING.  And he reminded me to be grateful for being creative, and I kept thinking about that all day."

The favorite staff blog post was by QBUdoesart, aka Linda, for this post in her blog QBU Learns to Be Creative.  Here are a few comments about Linda's post from Artella staff Members:

"Linda's writing is very descriptive. She made me feel a part of her memory."

"This post was very touching and personal and made me want to cry."

"Such a sweet, bittersweet story. I loved the message."

 
Be sure to scroll down to see links to ALL the responses to this topic - they are ALL wonderful!

And, keep checking the Blog Topic of the Week for new topics and posts!

Here you go!

William Charlebois (Billizetti)

Blog - Billizetti's World

Link - http://artellacafe.com/blogs/billizettis_world/archive/2008/01/29/this-morning-the-first-thought-in-my-head-was.aspx

 I hope I didn't get too wordy!

Hello.  It's Bo.

My blog is BE-BOP BO.

And here's my take on the topic of the week.

http://artellacafe.com/blogs/bo_bop/archive/2008/01/30/routine-some-spice-in-my-life.aspx 

Linda Williams

QBU Learns to be Creative

 http://artellacafe.com/blogs/qbu_learns_to_be_creative/archive/2008/01/30/blog-topic-5-quot-this-morning-the-first-thought-in-my-head-was-quot.aspx

Aunt Bobby

Aunt Bobby's Miscellany

http://artellacafe.com/blogs/aunt_bobbys_miscellany/archive/2008/01/31/quot-this-morning-the-first-thought-in-my-head-was-quot.aspx

http://artellacafe.com/blogs/my_two_cents/default.aspx

Marguerite Bryant (theelatedcreative1)

my two cents

I'm not entering the contest, but here's my post on this topic:

http://artellacafe.com/blogs/marneys_musings/archive/2008/02/03/this-morning-the-first-thought-in-my-head-was.aspx

Remember, Blog Topic #5 closes TONIGHT (Sunday, Feb 3) at midnight EST! 

Thanks to all for posting! 

Thanks, Marney, for this encouragement!

Constance Bates

The Bates MoTELLA

 http://artellacafe.com/blogs/bates_motella/archive/2008/02/03/this-morning-the-first-thought-in-my-head-was.aspx

Wow!  I'm almost speechless!  (There are people in my life who would deny that possibility!)  You have no idea how special this is to me this week.  I have spent most of this past week in bed fighting some unidentified bug that has left me feeling almost lifeless.  I've had no energy and have only in the past 24 hours managed to stay out of bed for more than an hour at a time.  I haven't watched TV, read or done anything else this week.  But this news is energizing me like nothing else has been able to!

Thank you for all the beautiful comments you've left in my blog this week and for choosing my post as the Staff Winner for the week!  When I finally manage to fully resurrect from this illness I'll get back to posting in my blog and share some really exciting news about my new project--one I anticipate will keep me out of mischief and demand all the creativity I can muster for years to come.

Again, Thank You All!  Now I think I'll take my huge smile and go take a nap before I keel over.

 Linda

 Oh wow.  Thanks so much!  It finally paid to be nuts!    I am really looking forward to reading the book and reading Mr. Maisel's answers to our questions.

Congratulations to Linda, too!  Where would we be without Artella's wonderful staff?

Thanks again,

Bill