Posted by RainLover on 10/14/05 22:33

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:25:17 GMT, Tony Cooper
<tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:

><SP-AMB-LOCKrainlover@raincity.com> wrote:
>
>>>> I suppose before THAT, the big question is, is there a REASON to do
>>>> this? I have a lowly web site to show off my art, and am pretty happy
>>>> with with I have as far as its visual design goes.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas? Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> thanks!
>>>>
>>>> james, seattle
>>>>
>>>> www.jameskelseystudios.com
>>>>
>
>I'm one of those people who read text and doesn't pay much attention
>to how the text got on the screen. In reading this from your web
>site:
>
>"If you arrived at this web site through a link from one of my
>galleries, or, if you discovered me at a gallery and are investigating
>my portfolio of work, please respect the important relationship I have
>with these galleries."
>
>I was confused for the first few readings. For some reason, I took
>the "my galleries" to mean photo galleries displayed somewhere on the
>web. I couldn't figure out why you mentioned that you respected them.
>
>It finally became clear that you are referring to the galleries that
>display your work. The "my" threw me.
>
>Sometimes you can be so close to something that you don't read it the
>same way that people unfamiliar with your field reads the same
>information. You might want to change that line to "If you arrived at
>this web site through a link from one of the galleries where my work
>is displayed, or if you discovered my work at a gallery and are
>investigating my portfolio, please respect the important relationship
>I have with these galleries."
>
>I also wonder about "A selection of modern contemporary abstract..."
>
>"Modern" and "contemporary" have the same basic meaning, so using both
>is redundant to me. Perhaps in your field the two words have
>different meanings, though.
>
Both are excellent points. Thank you. I'll fix the wording of that
page and remove and get rid of the redunancy. ;-)

James, Seattle

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