Into the light

INTO THE LIGHT, 36X36

One thing I wish I’d had more time to explore during this show (maybe a future show?) was more comparison on how these three cities (New York, London and Paris) relate to each other. How are they the same? How are they different? Could I paint things from one of them and the viewer wouldn’t know which city it belonged to? What makes the people in each place similar? What makes them unique? It was amazing to me how interesting it was to travel outside of my own country (different money systems, train systems, government systems, restaurant rules… more things than I can count) and then even how different it was to be in countries where English isn’t the primary language. It’s always so eye opening to be in the minority of any situation and to be a learner/beginner when everyone else seems to understand things. It humbles you fast and reminds you to be so grateful for the people who show grace and kindness. Like the bakery owner in Paris on the Champs-Elysees (a street we spent the whole trip trying to learn to pronounce the right way and could not stop laughing about every time we got it wrong) who didn’t rush us along but made us sit and enjoy extra pan au chocolat and complimentary cocoa so our tired, wet, cold selves could rest as he told us all about how Lady Gaga was his girlfriend back in New York. He reminded me that good people are everywhere and all of us just want to be treated with kindness and love. Whichever city we may find ourselves in, there is warm light shining in all of the places and I hope each of us can find it.

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