Jan is here!
Yay! My friend Jan is here, too cool. We got her settled in for the night at her new place. Uhmmm, it needs some work but that is the New-Mexi Way.
We got here on the last leg of twilight and full-on dark is just a moment behind, so we’ll tour Truchas and make introductions tomorrow. She did get a glimpse of the new house as Leonardo was still working on it as we came into the village.
I checked out a space in Santa Fe today—haven’t snagged a gallery there yet but a Real Estate office (that keeps coming up, doesn’t it? That Real Estate thing.) has offered its walls for an art exhibition. Leonardo and I will be showing with 2 other artists...immediately. I’m taking a truckload of our paintings down there to install on Friday (yes the day before we leave for Las Vegas, NV and yes, the day after tomorrow). When things you wish for happen you don’t mess it up with scheduling. You pull all-nighters or do whatever you have to do and you get it done.
Real Estate Lady originally wanted to have 2-day shows (weekend shows.) I said no, that’s too much work for too little time, what else have you got? When I got there she treated me like a rock star. Really. And she’ll have our work up until the end of January. !!! From 2 days to 2 months? How great is that? Oh, and there’ll be a catered reception in there somewhere between this travel, Christmas, and the next travel. Right in downtown Santa Fe, right next to an actual art gallery. We’ll do cards & the whole thing. Now that Jan's here she can totally help me with marketing--"getting out there"--hell, she'll probably go talk to the galleries that ought to be representing me in person! She's good like that. Details forthcoming.
Synchronicity again. The Real Estate lady organizing this “art in the office” had recently been up to Truchas....oh the story with recently deceased father, a horses’ unusual attentions, she saw our gallery sign “Ghost Pony Gallery” as we were closing for the day....then here I come in response to her call for artists.....the Ghost Pony Gallery girl....real tears came to her eyes as she told me the story, and treated me like a king from a foreign land/rock star, you get the idea. She was sucking up to ME! Whoa! I like this turn of the tables!! It actually took me a minute to catch on. Not being used to that sort of thing.
They call New Mexico the Land of Enchantment. It most certainly is in more ways than I impart! Add Magic and Mystery to that—and you’ve got a pretty strong stew.
I could not be more thankful for being here and part of all this. It's like I got to go to heaven before I even had to die!
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