art show

brief update:
The art show opening was well attended. the poetry and music were beautiful. too many people thought that asking for admission was asking too much - those people kind of made me mad...but, such is american privialged life. we made about $1,000 for invisible children.

2 of jen's photos sold
2 or bryan's sold
1 of tucker's pieces - the one he made specially for the show sold

a number of other pieces are being mulled over and will probably sell at some point during the 3 month stay.

random people from mountlake terrace and from the conservative church where the show is taking place keep happening in for a peak and come away with a new experience of art and a knew knowledge about the world...a very encouraging result!

we're planning to have another show like saturday's, with poetry and music, near valentine's day.

don't forget that our special closing event will be hosted by invisible children and will take place on march 10th.

the down side of things:
spending a day in the church that i used to intern at - the place that was my spiritual home - the place i pined after when i moved away - rotted my stomach. that church lives staunchly in the us/them world. many many times in the last week i fought back tears in the face of such close minded lack of compassion.

how do i have compassion for them?
how do i not end up in a different us/them world?
how do i walk with them toward compassion?
what does it look like to be curious about their lack of curiosity?
am i ready to walk back into this world that hurt me so much, or is this a premature stent?

i am beginning my month vacation with a ton of inner questioning and uncertainty.