A Place for Us

[avad]

Big steps. The gallery is submitting a quarter-page ad to Art in America for the December -scope Miami show. (!!)And I'm splitting the cost,( oh dear god).
But I Really think this is an investment that I HAVE to be ready to make and take a risk on.
It's an opportunity unlike any other I've had...the timing with ArtBasel...etc. A whole body of work there...at a time when so many art collectors are visiting the area.

So, that's it. Goin for it.Giving it my best shot. Doing it. Doing it. Don't look, just JUMP!!
We'll have to pack and drive all the work down to Miami...eek...in a rental minivan/van.
And then B can't even stay with me there (!)...has to return to work. Ga. *breathe* I know I can't be angry...but I am disappointed.
I wanted it to be a business/pleasure type of thing...we've never taken a real 'vacation'..and it would have been so nice...sure it'd be work, but 4 days of the art fair accented by beach, dancing, exploring, hotel fun celebration whathaveyou).

I'm trying hard to imagine it now without him, and I can't. Yes, I've become a baby. (I've got to chuckle to myself...Once upon a time this girl that is me walked downtown Miami in buckles and black boots, looking for adventure and lesbian bars, feeling fiercely independent. But that was a different me, a different time..long ago...seems like a strange dream now.I'll have to rekindle that braveness, without resurrecting all the um..associations.I am my own delicate brain surgeon;)
Or I can always take the easy way out and drink myself to sleep in my hotel room. ha. (ugh)
NO. Promise to self: I will enjoy this trip. I will celebrate it. I will not hide.Because it IS such an amazing dream come true and I want to feel it all.
Here's the ad mock-up..It's getting worked on now..text is not correct, just thrown on there, no booths, just rooms etc).
It's a detail shot of the tabletop tondo..'A Place for Us' (resin, glitter, mixed media on wood, 42"diameter)Eliav, pick your casita.;)

Comments

[ninakatz.livejournal.com]

Let me offer you a massive HUGE congrats! I'm going to be sure to pick up that issue of Art in America - I can't wait to see how the ad turns out. And you'll do fine in Miami, too bad you won't get to have fun with B, but hey, this is all about you, it'll turn out great... I can feel it. :)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

You should connect with my friend art_thirst, webmaster of www.miamiartexchange.com. I can introduce you to him if you would like.

[unluckymonkey.livejournal.com]

THAT'S AWESOME! Congrats dear. That's gonna be SO lovely. I used to have to take business trips by myself and it's SO meditative to think outside the usual confines and focus on your goals and your fun. Ok maybe not lesbian bars ah how I miss roving them myself but it will be big and important and I think you'll really love it.

The ad looks fabulous! I'm assuming you've got a web addy on there somewhere?

[minorsecond.livejournal.com]

It looks great! I'm proud of you. :)

[captainbigwig.livejournal.com]

I'll raise you 20 bottles of rum for the blue house with yellow roof!

Those are neato did you construct those all by hand the detail is intense.

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[rokkitz.livejournal.com]

EEEEK! HOOOOOSES! i'd tumble down the stairs in excitement... if there were any stairs to tumble down around here...

[crazedartist.livejournal.com]

you go grrrl on making those dreams of your come true!!! i am so EXCITED for you!!!! YeS!!! it's a bummer that your *B* can't stay!! but you are going to enjoy your self in miami! i just know it!! x0x ~t!

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Looks great! One of my best friends works for a photo gallery and sometimes goes to Miami. If she goes this year, I'll hook you guys up. She said it's really fun (kind of nerve-wracking b/c it's work) but that there are crazy lavish parties all the time.

[fragiletender.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm so excited for you - I hope it goes well.

[pinkarmadillos.livejournal.com]

i really think your table top towns are really great so im going to add you to see more pictures of them later. i think you should make a book too.