The Wandering I

Before I even opened the New Brunswick Chapter of Flashes of Hope, I tried to get some exhibit space at my local Starbucks.  I wanted to make more people aware of the organization and I figured that anyone who saw the images would be profoundly impacted by the images and wouldn’t be able to keep their wallet closed.

It’s amazing how much I’m still learning about the world!

The present manager of the store really liked the organization and persuaded his district manager to let us put up some images.  She said that it would be fine and suggested a section of wall about 6 feet wide.  It also happened to be the only section of wall that had no lights on it [in these images, the photos are lit up with a strobe so that you can see them ].  Not the ideal place but I’m a patient man.  I figured that we’d get up on the wall, she’d see how great they looked and would see them changing every month so that customers wouldn’t be bored with the visuals on the wall [as they presently are with the corporate graphic elements that never change, that stuff on the orange wall] and then she’d give us more space, maybe even most of the wall space!

Well, I finally got the images up last week!  The manager bought the Arakawa rail and I’ve temporarily donated the hardware, the stainless steel cables and the acrylic sheets that “sandwich” the ink jet prints.  What really amazes me is that there has been no response from the regular customers!  Many of them know me because I’m a “regular” as well.  two or three people have commented to me about the display but no one has made a contribution of any size.  I’m not looking to raise all the funds I need from this exhibit, but I did expect several small donations.  I guess I may be much more conscious of my surroundings because of my profession.  And maybe, we just need to get more images up under the lights.

As I said, I’m a patient man ….

Nat

Somewhere in rural New Jersey