Time for another "who am I, what am I doing here, and where do I want to go" session. In my last post I was a little jazzed about selecting items to take into the gallery in Selkirk. The selected items were delivered and are now on display there. Following each change-over of goods in the gift shop, artists are paid for items sold during the previous display. I got the cheque yesterday. The only items I sold were two that were bought by a friend who was in the gallery during the previous change-over, not a thing had sold during the three months it was all on display. While I have not displayed art often during Gallery exhibitions over the past few years, nothing has sold from there either.
Why am I doing this? I'm devoting a fair bit of both mental and physical energy with no payback. Time to re-exam the process. Christmas is coming, and the two months before Christmas present many opportunities to sell, but for selected items. I have a few such items finished, and ready to go. However, I have offered the best of them to a totally different Gift shop. I am not fretting over this. If they are not accepted, I have lost nothing but the time it took to fill in an on-line application. If the commission I pay is 50% or less, I will have at least covered the cost of supplies. I will not make any further seasonal items. Nor will I make any further specifically gift shop items.
This leads to the question of "What will I be doing?" I'm not sure. I have much less energy than I had even five years ago. But--I have an instinctual need to create, and the time and supplies to do so. Let's get started!
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