Today two art critics/curators came to visit the museum, one from Australia and the other from Sweden. She was asked to speak with them and welcome them to the museum, so she did. She asked politely what brought them to Syracuse and they said they had been visiting NYC and had come up to visit a friend who was teaching philosophy at SU. She asked if they had an interest in contemporary art and if they had gone to the Armory Show. When they nodded yes, she launched into her thoughts on the Armory Show and the galleries she had seen. She suddenly realized how starved she was to talk to knowledgeable people about art. She was so hungry for a two-way discussion that she was willing to try to engage complete, but promising, strangers on the subject.
Later as she thought over the event, she hoped they had seen her as friendly and not desperate.
Later as she thought over the event, she hoped they had seen her as friendly and not desperate.