New York Optimism

I've made some progress in my search for New York galleries since my break through in the understanding of the scale of the city. I have discovered http://www.artupdate.com/ which produces a brilliant map of London galleries, which can be found in the small independent galleries, produces a New York Edition. After my chat with Mike (mentioned a couple of posts earlier) the map means a lot more to me. I think I've gained some confidence, and with a couple of comment on my early posts (thank you), I feel a lot more optimistic.

This is important for me, I'm very mood lead, strangely I see parallels with an obscure X-Men character called Long Shot, not one that those of you who only know the movies will have heard of, Long Shot was a from the comics of the late eighties and early Nineties when comics were my biggest distraction before 'wimmin and drinkin'. His powers were very different from the showy, loud powers we are used to, his power was "Luck", but not just good luck; it was dependent on his mood emotion and motives. If his motives and emotions were noble, happiness or love, his luck would be a wonder to behold! But if his motives were, negative; selfish, fearful or angry his luck would be BAD!

It was very strange to have a power that actively worked against a character, but it was fascinating to have emotional depth to a comic character in a period when I was growing up and forming my own personality. It seemed to (and still does) reflect in my own life, when I'm unsure, depressed or when I go against my best instincts things go wrong, and luck goes against me. Yet when I'm confident and happy everything goes right. I'm getting more and more excited about this trip and somehow I'm finding useful people with useful information about places to go and things to see. All I need now is a few connections, so if you know anyone who would be interested in meeting a charming British artist from London drop me a comment.