Herronlib: My Bookmarking Soulmate

I've finally found my soulmate -- my bookmarking soulmate that is. I found "Herronlib" through del.icio.us yesterday and immediately knew it was fate. The tags he uses most include art, artblog, contemporary, criticism, galleries, reviews, exhibitions... You get the point. With a glance at just a couple of those tags, it was clear that he would be able to introduce me to a lot of art-oriented websites that I would love but may not have been able to find without his help. Yay for del.icio.us and Herronlib!

Herronlib also has very good bookmarking practices. He has a detailed, specific description of almost each and every website he has bookmarked. Not only does this make his bookmarking more efficient and useful, but it makes it so so so much easier for me to go through his bookmarks and see what each thing is all about. This way I don't have to actually visit each individual link (fifty-nine in total!) in order to figure out if the website has what I'm looking for. For example, under his British Library Images Online bookmark, he writes:

Offers access to thousands of unique and unusual images from the illuminated manuscripts, archive photographs, maps, and engravings held by the British Library.

Very nicely done, Herronlib. His description is right on point, telling us exactly what we're going to get. And honestly, knowing how lazy I can be, I may not have bothered to click on that link without such a great description. Luckily, I did and found some incredible images.

Atlas Coelestis, astrological sphere, 1660.

Another great website I found with the help of Herronlib was Artopia. The author, John Perreault, describes what his blog about in his own words:

ARTOPIA is an art diary featuring my evaluations of the art I see in galleries, museums, public spaces, and sometimes in artists' studios... I specialize in new art or art that needs to be looked at in a fresh way, in terms of contemporary practice. The art will be presented in the context of everyday life, since art is my life.

Once again, I find myself looking at a website that totally interests me but I am almost certain I would have never found it if it weren't for my soulmate...

Isaac Abrams, Cosmic Orchid, 1967.
Image from Artopia's May 2007 archives.

In conclusion, I'll just say that I'm so happy to have found my bookmarking soulmate. And I can't wait to keep exploring all of the art websites Herronlib has shown me.