I am apart of an art group called the La Canada Artists Guild... today, and every third Thursday of every month, we have a meeting. We're a bunch of women who meet up, eat, talk, share ideas about art, and show our work to each other for criticism. Most of the women (all of them) are middle-aged, art loving, art talking, art wearing, artists... they are all very interesting in their own way, and, when all these interesting characters get together... well... you have to be there...
So, I'm the youngest one in the group, besides the friend of mine who took me in. I can seriously say that the whole experience of being there and listening to them chat with each other is well worth my time. They chat about the most unusual ideas and share such unusual views that I just sit there, watch, and listen to them for a couple of hours. Then, at the end, each person shows an art piece they brought in and everybody "wows" and "ohhs" about how wonderful and beautiful it is. Overall, the whole group experience is definitely a motivator, even though, sometimes, I feel a bit out of place.
The meeting ended about 2 hours ago... I can still hear their voices in my head talking about art, and art, and some more art... We met at the same restaurant, same Thursday, same time... as I sat there listening, while smiling, all I could hear was a room full of women's chit chat... it was loud. As the minutes went by, one of them asked the waiter to turn the A/C off (to the restaurant) because she was too cold, then, a few minutes later, right before the food was brought out, another one of the women asked the waiter to turn the music down (to the restaurant)... I was still observing... As the waiter turned the A/C off and turned the music volume down... I observed... Then, the food came out as they were still chatting... As soon as everybody got their food, it went dead silent in the private room we were sitting in... it felt nice at that point. Then, one of the women said, "Wow, that music was loud... now we can hear each other..." as she nodded her head. I thought, "No, I think everybody just has something in their mouth now, and they can't talk anymore..." They all nodded their head agreeing that the music was too loud and that now, it was nice that they could hear each other talk. Well, there were only two people talking now. (out of 14 women)
I ate my sandwich and tried to enjoy the small, now, quiet talk. It didn't get much louder after that... I think the food brought the energy down a bit... so, I sat through the rest of the meeting, listened some more, observed a lot more, and left... I learned a lot today.
Tip of the Day: Join a group that shares your interest. It might feel weird at first, but you can get so much out spending a bit of time with strangers that share the same interests. If you don't get anything out of it, you'll make friends.
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