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My Capitol Art Show ordeal

Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,585
edited April 22 in The Commons

Many residents from our community took a couple coach busses over to the MN State Capitol Building.

I guess it was to recognize us for our artistic pursuits. I think we were the only people there.

We had to walk a long way just to get in the building. I was totally exhausted just getting inside.

I collapsed onto my walker, and sat for a couple hours or more, totally overwhelmed.

It was cold and dark. It was so noisy that I couldn't hear anything. But i got a picture.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,886

    Well, I guess they had good intentions anyway.

  • 3DIO3DIO Posts: 351

    Well at least you got to say you had your art displayed at an artwork event!
    There's billions of artists out there would love to be able to say that!

    BTW, interesting dual-segment frames they displayed the artwork in, I thought they were reflective chrome frames at first glance.

     

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,585
    edited April 22

    Yeah you're right about the exposure.

    I was disappointed because one of my lady friends artwork wasn't shown.

    Maybe they didn't photograph her with the artwork in time to get hers displayed.

    The lady is one of my favorite people who I eat lunch with. 

    Here family visited her at the Capitol, and she rode back with them instead of me.

    I was crestfallen. I have a crush on her. Oh but we still have fun at lunch.

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  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 12,043
    Congratulations on having your art displayed!
  • 3DIO3DIO Posts: 351

    @Ron
    Sorry to hear of your friend's misfortune at the event, but it sounds as if Ron the Romeo made moves to ease the situation  ;-)

     

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,585

    Thanks for your support.

    The Art Show featured every artist in our community.  That was about 20 artists from four different buildings.

    There was a nice display as you could see from my image. I didn't have the strength to walk around and take photos of the rest of the exhibit.

    I felt isolated and ignored for the entire experience.

    We had to walk a long way from the bus to the Capitol building. I was the slowest person there. The entire group left me far behind.

    I struggled to catch up with my friends. I was stopped by security and I stood there gasping for breath.

    I had a "mess kit" of silverware in my walker. It had a knife, spoon and fork. I'd totally forgotten it was in my walker.

    I surrendered the mess kit. It wasn't much of a loss.

    There was no ceremony or unveiling of our artwork. No one was there besides us... the artists ourselves.

    I was totally alone. My lady friend met her family at the capitol. Then she left early.

    I returned home and found my multimedia computer system was not working. Some of my equipment had fallen off a shelf. I'd lost my internet connection.

    A maintenance person had come to do some electrical repairs. They'd turned off my electricity. I spent 3 hours fiddling around till I got everything fixed.

  • ChuckMChuckM Posts: 167

    What a wonderful experience. Art can be very hard and sometimes very taxing.

    Thanks for sharing your story(s).

    ;-)

  • Ron KnightsRon Knights Posts: 2,585
    edited April 24

    It was an interesting experience.

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