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How To Love Crazy: An Introvert’s Guide to Surviving Hell and Art Openings

September 28, 2024

"Hi, my name is Lorin and I'm an introvert"

I’ve been to more than a few (well-populated) openings in my career as an artist and I still don’t understand how to do it.  Redditors (what do they know) have plenty of suggestions on proper etiquette for openings.

So, I wanted to see if I could do it different, get the real emotional experience, be out of place, out of my mind amid art, artists, collectors and critics. Then, reach out. Fit in, communicate. 

And too, it helps if you just pretend they’re all naked.

Read how my experiment in art opening extroversion went and more of my advice for like-afflicted souls

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In Artist Introverts Tags famous artists, Bernal, looking at art, gallery openings
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