I told you about how one of my little donated paintings sold at last week’s secret art show. What I didn’t tell you is that the painting shown above was pretty much ignored.

 

I share this because I want to be honest. Not everything we do is a hit. Some things are flops. Some things – no matter how dear we may find them – simply don’t resonate with others. That’s okay, friends. It really is. It’s all about attitude. I like the little tree painting I donated to the secret art show’s cause. I also know it’s nothing special. So its not selling is no big deal. And no, I don’t have any comments regarding someone describing it as a “sad little Charlie Brown painting.” Really – no comment at all.

 

Anyhoo – I called this little nugget “Old Soul” and it’s based on a photo of a 300-year-old oak tree in South Carolina. Thinking about that tree and all it’s seen was quite moving. That’s why I painted it. That and I happen to love trees.

 

Now even though I’m okay with the piece not selling, and because I’ve said I want to be honest, I must also share this… The night after the secret art show, I had about a zillion dreams of wandering around an art show. And though the dream continually evolved and varied, there was one constant: at the end of a particular row, there was always a shelf holding the same tree painting. Over and over again. It never sold.

 

Go figure.

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