Can you keep a secret? Obviously, this question is never asked by someone who truly has discretion in mind, but rather someone who knowingly or subconsciously is actually fixin’a advertise their business to all and sundry. Still. There are secrets going around lately, and some I’m willing to share, some not so much.
Where am I going? Why a moving sale? The answer shall remain at least partly shrouded in mystery for two reasons: a) I’m separating my business activity from my personal living situation, and b) while I myself (and the dog) have a home to move into, as far as the business is concerned, I am not sure yet what my next move is. And that’s a good thing — magical, in fact! Let’s pause here to relish in delicious uncertainty mixed with a dizzying sense of possibility. Yes, existential crises are born of precisely this type of untethered, unplanned, and unpredictable nonsense, but so is great art! It’s a toss-up and I’ll take my chances. It’s worked out fabulously for me in the past – dismantling things to rebuild something more exciting!
Now, I do have a few ideas I’m flirting with. Ideas for creating a new and more fabulous home for my art business, a way to offer collectors and readers a more interesting, more meaningful, and fundamentally unique experience! Some of these ideas are tame (but fun, still!), some are absolutely wild (and therefore funner). Which I will go with depends on my mood, the phase of the moon, interest rates, unicorns, the election, the price of gold, my dog’s sleeping schedule, the much anticipated start of oyster season, and advice from my board of directors (which are all horses). Basically, I will do exactly what I want and it might be very crazy but very exciting. You might get invited to a mysterious party in a Victorian house with chandeliers where fine champagne is chilling in a hundred-year-old clawfoot tub (because a bathtub full of ice is not always creepy – but it can be). You might get invited to a warehouse-type space where a lifesize horse statue lurks in the shadows. You might be welcomed into a ballroom, a restaurant, a swanky hotel suite (with natural orchids and black toilet paper), or a modern studio with track lighting, baby quiches, a sign-in sheet, and all that slightly predictable stuff. We’ll see. One of these plans I’m currently very enamored with and I might, true to form, act impulsively and move mountains (metaphorically, obviously, because in real life I don’t lift heavy things) to achieve it. If you come to my moving sale, buy some art and books, you will help embolden me to go for it. Also, frankly, I might get drunk and tell you exactly what the plan is.
Oh, and another secret? You don’t even have to wait for the moving sale. I have a few appointments available this week (including Friday the 4th, and yes, it can be in the evening!) if you want to come by and see all the art (and me!) in a more intimate setting. Also, I might give you a horse. Send me a message if you’d like to secure an appointment!
