Erin at her window, enjoying Sunday morning
Yesterday I worked an art festival in Carmel Valley, a place I love to spend time and hardly ever do.
How was the festival? people ask me. Which usually means, did you sell anything.
And my answer is always the same. Sometimes you are planting seeds, and sometimes you are harvesting crops. And sometimes you get to do both. But if you take the long view, each art event (opening, show, sale, class) is about nurturing relationships with your clients, students, patrons. It is about deepening your, and their, understanding of the art you do, and the meaning of art, and the value art objects and the art process brings to their life.
Sometimes that translates as a sale.
Sometimes that translates as someone signing up for a workshop, or passing your card on to a friend.
And sometimes that translates as spending a day connecting, talking, laughing, listening, looking, being together.
Not a bad way to spend a Saturday, either way.
I like your thinking, Erin! And I love YOU! xo Jill