I went out last night to the first meetup for the Seattle Artist’s Salon, and it was rather lovely to have face to face time with people who take the value of art as a given; I am going to try and go to more of these events.
Although, it was a bit disheartening to have several complete strangers comment on how exhausted I look and realize that my looking completely exhausted has become the normal, expected state of Jane for the people who *do* see me regularly. I kind of wish I had the ability to nap.
However, I have slaked the Monday morning grumpies with a large dose of lolcats and chai, have my one rush order out the door, and am now possessed of a flow chart to govern getting things ready for my first arts festival. I might be moving very slowly, but at least I’m moving slowly in a somewhat efficient manner.
My next scheduled round of overcoming my introversion will be, I think, trying to go see the ukiyo-e print exhibition that is up at SAAM next First Thursday (June 3rd), probably around 11. I’m happy to go solo, but company would be okay too.
