art show - listening to the noise until it makes sense

Hello, how are you doing? Ming and I put up an art show at a local library, then survived the reception. There are zines, poetry memes, mixed media, art embroidery, and the St Brigid’s Cross of Lavender that I wove from lavender in the garden.

Can I show you some pictures?

Thank you to the helpers.

That’s a Kurt Vonnegut quote page, I made for someone else’s zine.

They were not keen on all the breasts in my art. Something about kids using the space, and upset parents to pacify? Hmm! Pacifiers are shaped like nipples, and nipples a main part of breasts!

I offered to make bikinis out of blue masking tape. It was fun and thought-provoking.

The tarot artalong embroidery is not done. I still need justice and the wheel? But so close.

poetry memes

I like sharing the poetry memes. The people who helped hang the show put the most edgy ones at the ends. Wow! I was planning to hide those ones somewhere near the middle.

I’m glad people are seeing these ideas that mean a lot to me, but are under-viewed on instagram.

pros

many people will see my art
it might help them learn something new
they might comprehend their own life and self better
they might feel more freedom to make art in their own ways
the gallery is emboldened to show more outsider art
people might like what they see and visit my websites or follow my instagram

cons

felt difficult to be surrounded by so much Laura-Marie, as we hung the show, rested in the gallery for an hour and a half, then did the reception–too much!
I wasn’t prepared for the intense work of listening to strangers talk about their deep things that come up from seeing my art–I needed more consent and caution from others, and more willingness to be rude from myself
the feeling of being guest of honor is deeply uncomfortable–like a birthday, but worse!