Whats Up

Hello!

Well, it certainly is summer! In North Carolina it is hot! I have had the opportunity to travel to the beach a few times and planning to go again in 3 weeks (check out the Ocean, Ocean Beach Gallery).

I also went to the Hudson Valley in New York! What beautiful landscape! I had no idea. Funny, how we get preconceived ideas in our minds and then when we experience it....it just isn't the way we thought it was!

I will also be photographing in the Ohio Valley in a couple of weeks and will share with you those as well!

Have you ever heard the term...preconceived notion? It is like the above. We get an idea of how something is and believe it to be so.

My family knows that I do not like where I was born and raised...oh, it is no secret! When I left in my 20 something's, I claimed that I escaped!

Fact is, when my mom got sick and I started traveling to the Ohio Valley often, I noticed how beautiful the landscape really is. It came as a real surprise to me, actually!

That might be sad! Oh well...I could not see beyond my being unhappy there and had the idea that nothing of beauty could be found in that place.

Trip after trip every couple of months and I began to see things a little differently. Oh, I do not want to live there again...it is a hard life; but, I really saw the river, the rock and the valley in all its beauty! I can't wait to go again and take pictures to share with everyone!

When I joined Fine Art America, I thought the FAA stood for Future Farmers of America! I did not have a clue what I was doing and yes, I did and still do learn the hard way...always! It is in my DNA!

I thought anyone who sold art through this channel was rich and famous! I have plowed my way through throw pillows, phone cases, shower curtains and now tote bags!

I have struggled to learn how to cut and paste, how to like and fav and I have even gotten the hang of Twitter! Glory be!!!
Now, I am trying to figure out how to cut and paste the tote bags to social media!!! They are so cute and strong too!

So, what's up?

Well, this summer my preconceived notion about FAA has been turned inside out! I now have friends all over the world that I chat with often...oh yes, FAA is about selling art; but the connections to people are amazing: like a friend in Italy who is into healing as I am and our work is similar, like a friend in the NW USA who asked to paint a drawing I captured from a young man in prison, to a friend in Germany who likes the sea as much as me!

I think of these new friends often and no, I do not think of them as rich and famous, but as friends. Preconceived notions are rarely the way things are...so the next time you think you have an idea of something, ask yourself...what's up and truly take the time to discover the wonder that awaits you!

That's all for now, Roberta


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