{"id":3425,"date":"2015-09-08T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2015-11-07T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T18:56:11","slug":"september-8-2015-scattering-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/life-stories\/september-8-2015-scattering-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"September 8, 2015 – Scattering seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The painting “Still” that found its home this weekend.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I have just spent three days at the Sausalito Art Festival, showing and selling my artwork. This is the eighth year in a row that I\u2019ve been invited to show at this festival \u2013 one of the top outdoor art shows in west, if not in the whole country. Thousands of people see my artwork over the three days. Because of the caliber of the event, there is the expectation that I would sell lots of art. And the booth fee is commensurate with that expectation! Aye yai yai!<\/p>\n

Yesterday was hot, which generally makes for slow sales. We all spend energy coping with the heat, that would otherwise be available to paying attention to the festival go-ers and they to the artwork. Yesterday I had just one sale all day. \u201cStill\u201d- the original painting – sold. It\u2019s always<\/em> exciting to sell an original and doing so, planted in me magical-thinking, \u201cmaybe today will be a banner day\u201d kind of expectation. But\u2026and\u2026that\u2019s not the way it went. Please don\u2019t read me wrong \u2013 I\u2019m very grateful for that one sale and that it was a good sized one! But, my expectation of land office business didn\u2019t pan out.<\/p>\n

I had several print sales over the previous two days and in the end, I did just fine this weekend. The bills will be paid plus some. But I remind myself, that filling the financial coffers is so not the only reason I do these events. The Sausalito Art Festival offers me the opportunity to share my work in all its forms, with more new people than in anything else I do. My weekend was filled with one encounter after the next, that made the weekend an incredible success, whether art and money changed hands or not.<\/p>\n

Here are a few that stand out to me:<\/p>\n