My girl tribe and I just relaxed yesterday. We didn't even go out for Starbucks. We stayed in and watched the pretty snowflakes on the outside and danced our hearts out to the Nutcracker. I will admit to being a little tired. And very much conflicted about how I feel about the art show - which is probably just the chemical reaction to being done. I tried some new things for this event. Some worked. Some totally bombed. I took some new risks. Some successful and some totally disappointing. I didn't get to talk to everyone and that makes me feel bad. I crushed my goal of 20 new paintings LIKE I FULLY INTENDED TO DO. I got myself WAY TOO EMOTIONALLY INVESTED in the paintings which is not helpful because it means I've been taking everything a little too personally today. And I know better. Oh, don't get me wrong -
the show was a great event. I can throw a party. I feel like I brought my 'A' game and I feel like that's sort of giving the finger to the people who didn't really think I could pull it off. Enough said. THERE WERE LIVE OWLS. I am overwhelmed and touched by all of the people that made it out to see what I've been working on. I have been shown a level of kindness and generosity that I'm sure I do not deserve. THANK YOU. THANK YOU in a way that I'll never really be able to thank you. A lot of people that I didn't expect to make it - MADE IT. And lots of people that I spoke to about attending didn't come and that goes into the 'taking it too personally' folder.
But, whatever. I reserve the right, as one of those artsy-fartsy types to feel those kind of things.
Overall - it was awesome. Everything came together. It was a lot of fun. It was rewarding + exhausting like I imagine it might feel to run a 2 month marathon. It's also blurry. I can prove that because I have only a few shakey photos to show for it (IF YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS - PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send me some so I can show my Mom and Dad). I also have 26 paintings to photograph and get online so that I can share these things with the rest of the world.
Dan asked me after the show if I purposely left him out of my thank-you speech. (Oh, I am so sorry, Dan.)
Today: I have running around to do and 26 paintings to get online so that I can go to my awesome chiropractor at 3:45 to get these sore hips adjusted. It's my goal to get the paintings all online today, but that's gonna depend on a few factors that I can't control. They will be up this weekend FOR SURE. It's THEN and only then - that I celebrate.
Everything all good. GO!
