How Art Connects Us
HOW ART CONNECTS US
At my first MasterWorks of New Mexico opening, I was with a friend who paused to take in a painting. He said it reminded him of the street in Santa Fe where his grandfather had grown up.
I returned the next morning to volunteer at the show. I noticed an elderly gentleman with a cane perusing the art. Later I saw him at the cashier buying a painting.
The man then walked off to view his purchase, leaving behind with the cashier a red dot sticker denoting "Sold."
I took the sticker and went over to where the man was standing in front of the same painting my friend had been taken with the night before. I shared with him the story my friend had shared with me. The man then told me he was buying the painting for his wife who grew up in Santa Fe and how it also reminded him of the street she grew up on.
I am awed with how art has the universal magic of connecting people and their shared memories.
