First, too many thanks to send out to everyone who made yesterday’s talk at the West End Gallery such a fun event. That may well be one of the most enjoyable talks I’ve participated out of the many that I’ve done. What a wonderful and engaged group of folks! They were so welcoming and warm that it made me feel very comfortable and free to tell my little stories. I had a good time and I hope they did as well.
Thank you a hundred times over to those of you who took time on a warm August day to come sit for a bit with me. I was so honored by your presence and will feed off the memory of yesterday for a long time to come.
I have to add that after the talk ended I found myself completely exhausted–wiped out completely. More so than I remember from the aftermath of past talks. I think it’s a combination the built-up anxiety of having to talk in front of a group of people, the actual mental effort expended and the release from having it all go off in a very good way that left me sapped. But it was a satisfied exhaustion.
For today’s Sunday Morning music I thought I’d couple one of the paintings from the West End Gallery show with a song. My painting shown here is titled Blue Flame, a thin 2″ by 14″ on paper. The song I’ve chosen is titled Blue Fires from case/lang/veirs which is a one time grouping for this year of singers Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs. I’ve been a fan of k.d.lang for over 30 years now and am a huge fan of Neko Case so this was no-brainer for me. Just a lovely song that I think meshes well with the image here.
So, enjoy and have yourself a pleasant Sunday.
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Funny that you mention that. My husband has a fear of public speaking and commented a few times on how at ease you seemed while talking. I said, “but maybe that took it all out of him. All you see is a snapshot.” It certainly would have wiped me out.
I always appreciate the vast ground you’re able to cover in an hour and always leave feeling inspired and thankful. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself with us! I always get teary at least once and laugh several times.
I am so pleased about your responses to the talks. The laughter is easy to detect but the tears are a bit harder to see. Both are deeply appreciated. Thanks to folks like you I’m already looking forward to next year’s talk. Hope you and your husband will be there!
lovely, thank you…. and congratulations on the Gallery talk, perhaps someday one will be videotaped and shared for those of us who are at a distance….
So sorry i was not able to join you! I was so looking forward to your talk and saying hello.
Very glad it went so well!
No problem, Jackie. There were three other folks from last year’s Penn Yan workshop in attendance. I think we had a good time all the way around. Maybe next year, Jackie!