Our show, The Love Planet, opened on Friday. Thanks to everyone who came out to see the show. Dew Drop partied like it was 1999.
Art openings are weird. I don't personally like to go to openings- even of other people's work. I just can't concentrate on the art, let alone feel emotionally moved . Being at your own opening is akin to attending your own funeral. Your friends and family come out to support you and to let you know that you're not all alone (thankfully people showed up! how awful if no one came! nightmare!). But still, it's just awkward. There's this relationship that I have with my art while making it and while living with it in my house that is radically different than standing in a gallery surrounded by this stuff I made. It's not really a self-conscious feeling, or a guilt for having thrust all of this art upon the innocent viewers, but more a shyness on behalf of my art. Like I want to shield my paintings from the world. Like they're fragile babies who need coddling. Then again, that's probably just an extension of
my
own
fragile
ego.
And I realize, too, that these feelings are so stereotypically artist feelings. It's laughable.
From a semi-objective perspective I think the show looks good. I'm anxious to go to the gallery someday anonymously to really look at the works critically, and not have to talk.
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Congratulations on opening night - and on pushing that fragile ego out into the open, again I'm sure, for the rest of the world to share its beauty.
COngratulations on your opening. : )
Oh my goodness..that gives me images when we used to dress up in costumes and use different languages when standing around large groups of people..you could TOTALLY pull off going to your own show IN DISGUISE! What fun! Glad you pulled through and think of it as community service. We, the people, need to see the world through Lost Planet eyes...AND know what the goddess is saying to you in those dreams!
From what I can see behind Dew Drop, I love it! Beautiful!!
I think it looks beautiful....and my dream is to have an art show...literally....I had a dream and that's what got me back into art. Maybe we can talk art someday...hope so ;)
I appreciate those feelings. I wish I could go to the show!
It looks stunning to me. I think your feelings are completely understandable. Dewdrop is spectacular, as usual!
I think anything I ask people to gather at is incredibly awkward, sometimes even at my own home unless it's my bestest of friends. I can only imagine your own art show, wow.
But it's absolutely radically impressive, know that.
P.S. BTW, I forgot to comment on Miss Dancin' Queen! The Cuteness is OUT OF THIS WORLD! I need my DD fix....IN PERSON :)
From what I can see, your show looks INCREDIBLE!
I still can't believe that I know a REAL LIVE artist.
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