Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
Brenée Brown

Here are some impressions from the opening of my first solo show at Lanesboro Arts in Lanesboro, Minnesota. I had started sketching, delving into memories of my childhood and youth in Germany, and making pieces for this show about 2 1/2 years ago. To see it all come together in a beautifully set up show, and have so many people come and listen to my stories, either through my sculptures or through direct conversation with me, was absolutely wonderful. What was equally wonderful was to hear visitors share their own stories with me, and how they feel that our stories are connected. That experience is one of the reasons I make sculptures.
Pictures in this post show a few scenes from our beautiful Friday afternoon in Lanesboro, opening night, and a wondrous discovery I made at our Bed&Breakfast – beautiful objects of the Jewish culture displayed in the dining room of the old mansion. Their presence felt like a ray of reconciliation and possible forgiveness to me.
The show will run through December 10. It is a pleasant and scenic two hour drive down to Lanesboro and maybe one of these days you’ll feel like making it!