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Wow. So that was pretty amazing. Exhilarating. Exhausting. Empowering. Humbling.
I'm still sort of dazed from the whole experience, so I can't promise a whole lot of lucidity, here. But at one point during the evening, I found myself in conversation with one of the other photographers whose work was also being shown (a great guy named Eric Purtee), and we were both marveling that we were each actually attending our very first gallery opening. And we were both using words like "amazing." "Exhilarating." "Exhausting." "Empowering." "Humbling."
At one point, I turned to Eric and said, "Actually, you know what this feels like?"
"What?"
"It feels like my wedding day. You know how you're really happy, but you're sort of dazed, because you keep turning to greet people, and thank them for coming, and you're amazed that all these people showed, and really moved by their kindness? It's like that."
Eric has never been married, but I think he sort of saw my point.
It was really, really lovely. My parents came, which was great. Many friends came -- even some friends who I haven't seen in, literally, years. Many people who I used to work with in my previous lawyer life came -- people who I didn't even know knew that I was having an exhibit. "I keep up with you on your blog," said one. "I'm a ... what's it called? Lurker?" Even several blog readers and people who follow me on Twitter came, and made a point of coming up to me and introducing themselves.
And as a result, I was so, so touched.
So thank you -- really, sincere, heartfelt thanks to those of you who came out tonight. I'm really rather overwhelmed by your kindness.
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 11:49PM
Reader Comments (43)
Yayyyy! I'm doing proverbial cartwheels for you! It looks BEAUTIFUL. And you summed up my feelings exactly-- like my wedding day! The first show especially was such an amazing feat. Here's to many more miss Karen! You are the cats meow.
xoxoxo
WOW WOW WOW!!! That's so exciting!! I can only imagine what that would feel like... I imagine it would feel like the way I felt the first time (the only time) one of my photos was published except 100,000x better.
CONGRATS!
great website and blog - we have so much in common & it's so funny because i also know the lady (your friend) who recently had the baby! and i didn't even know she was pregnant! i guess i have not seen her in over a year! helen is her name ..i write too for www.spacecityrock.com
pleasure meeting you tonight.
Nice. Congrats. And I like the size you blew your images up to.
Congratulations!
Well congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So very very proud of you and thrilled for you... words escape me. Well done. You deserve it. May this be the first of many many more. I see solo exhibitions in your future xoxo
Totally thrilled for you! Wish I could have been there to see you/it/them.
Congratulations! It is such a blessing to do actually what your spirit calls for you to do. The enthusiasm comes from a place that is so rewarding to you and to others. I call that making a deposit into this thing we call Life!
Cheers, Karen! And it's only the beginning.
It was only a matter of time with talent like yours. SO proud of you. SO happy for you. SO loving you.
xoxo