Though I don't have an article to direct you to, I do have a comment for assignment #7 regarding technology. In brief, I have been THRILLED to stay connected, even more so actually, to the art & design community mostly via blogs since moving to Jacksonville from Atlanta over 5 years ago. In addition to aiding in professional development, my personal habitual blog-watching takes me to 2 locales in particular including dearada.typepad.com and dailypoetics.typepad.com . These blogs are responsible for providing a steady stream of "art joy". I hope the everyone out there has wonderous online places that they can go to get many hits of the same!