Lore said there was a chance for a showing of my work in May, at the same place the other show was. The theme would be “Art as a Healing Process.” I like the idea. Took the paintings I showed to Lore to Neskaya and laid them out on the floor. A pretty impressive body of work. I also like the evidence of artistic growth.
Hung my show, called My Healing HeART, at Springfield College yesterday. Lore helped. A woman from the staff interviewed me. It looked quite amazing up on the walls. I have no idea what the impact would be if I hadn’t seen them before, if I didn’t know they were mine.
I still have to print out some commentary, get the cut open heart and the Gremlin House ready to go, and take the framed ones to Lore. And make a cover for the Art/Heart book — I went down to FBC and copied the pages — it was a lot of fun — the pieces that hadn’t been glued down slithered around and I could use some of them over & over. I really liked the result.
Did a heart painting, printed out the title from my computer with a different type face and color for each letter. When I got to Lore I cut out the letters and glued them to the painting. There was a space in the upper right corner so I signed my name in markers on a separate paper, tore out the one I like best and put it in the space.
She liked the commentary I had written, so we’re going to make copies for people to read as they walk around the exhibit. I still have to make titles and finish the three-chambered heart.
Took some friends to see my show yesterday afternoon. They were excited about it. I got a lot of email congratulations which really warmed my heart. I realize how deep the expectation is that no one will respond. I took a bunch of pictures.
May 2007