Blow away, little print

I have been thinking again about giving things away, and also how much I appreciate the things that others give. As well as the crochet/craft tutorials I mentioned in this post, other sharing sites I enjoy regularly are Daytrotter (free music session downloads), Kind over Matter (kindness focussed art and projects) and the Indie Fixx Feed your Soul project (free art prints)... and there are so many more.

This is an artwork I created a few years ago, titled White Wind. I like wind imagery in music and art, particularly the idea that the wind is symbolic of an invisible force that moves through our lives, guiding us and taking us from one adventure to another, if we let it. I don't really feel that I managed to effectively convey that to anyone else in this particular piece, but in my mind I had attached that meaning to it anyway.  In the past I have enjoyed giving copies of it away in the form of postcards and little artist trading cards in my etsy orders, then recently I got around to making some prints for my etsy shop.

The strange thing was, when I finally got it listed in the shop it didn't seem to fit quite right there. Not just style-wise, as it represents my work from a few years ago, but also because it had become my favourite print to give away. I'll put a few in the shop for now, but I came to the decision that I would rather do something a bit different with this one.

so...

I'm letting it blow away, on the metaphorical winds of cyberspace  (yeah, I know that isn't an actual metaphor, but you know what I mean).  If you would like to make your own print, you can do that for free. It's a little gift for my blog readers, and a token of appreciation for the giving by others that I enjoy every day.

Simply click on the link below the image, and it will take to a flickr page where you can download it and open it in your preferred program. It looks scary big and kind of blurry at that link, but will download at actual size (5x7 inches and 300dpi). It should be printed at this size for best results. The only difference between this one and the one in my shop is that it is digitally signed on the actual image instead of signed in pencil by me.

Please feel free to share (share the link to this post, rather than the direct link to the print - because all the info is here), and I hope to add some more free prints in the near future!

download it here!*

*The fine print:  Please remember that this image is still protected under copyright and prints you make at home are for your personal non-commercial use.  You can make prints for yourselves or for a friend, but not for selling.  I'm trusting you to do the right thing - thank you!