Media Attention

Every Artists dream is to be discovered. I don't know that I have been discovered but the local newspaper has done a full page article about my work and me. My images are big and bold on the front of the local human interest page as well as a bio photo of myself. The power of the press is a mighty thing. The journalist makes me sound like a backwards hick. I don't think I talk like that. There are several instances in the article that I am directly quoted with things that I did not directly say. The writer put words in my mouth interpreting what I said. "The Courthouse is one of the only ones of my images that has......" Ouch! That sounds so bad grammatically, and I KNOW I do not talk that way. Or.."I had one professor saying, "do more metaphorically" but this is one of the only pieces that has any more depth than 'here's a pretty picture'. I didn't say that! I said that most of my images are no more than a blend of images to make beautiful designs! Not to mention that she puts my age down as 48...I am NOT that old.

I guess I need to relish the fact that I am in the paper and those who know me will know that I do not talk as the journalist protrayed me.

Words aside and looking at the article as a picture, WOW! How fantastic is that! A whole article about my artwork and myself! It will be interesting to see how this changes my life if at all! I can't wait to go to the web site statistics to see if I had a lot of hits.

So the next lesson I have learned is choose your words carefully when talking to the press, don't just talk from the heart and let the words tumble out. Or ask to read the article before it comes out, so you can approve it. (Is that possible?)