Nate and I are participating in a super cool art exhibit this year. It’s called The Sketchbook Project (you can read all about it via the Art House Co-op link adjacent to this post). Our books are on exhibit right now in New York, the first stop and eventual permanent home after the 2012 tour.
We have been excitedly anticipating this since we submitted our sketchbooks at the end of January, and Nate decided we should not share our creations with each other until they arrive in Chicago next month.
Friday he received a text message alerting him that “diana m” had checked out his book in Brooklyn! Of course, when he let me know this I gushed with mom-excitement. He tried to brush it off as no big deal, but just the hint of a self-satisfied smile crossed his face, especially when I lamented, green with envy, that mine was probably gathering dust in an unexplored corner of the library.
While I am anxiously awaiting the text announcing my maiden viewing, I can’t help but be thrilled his came first. What a great experience for him to own outright. There is nothing more exhilarating and motivating for an artist than the affirmation that comes with putting your work out there. In that moment his art became infinitely real for him; the validation he needs to confidently call himself an artist. How cool is that?
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