As far as life mantras go I suppose I have probably only ever had one and that is to  “just do something”.  It has always served me well. Whenever my life has taken, shall we say, “turns” and one is never quite sure what to do to make things move forward the mantra has always served me well. It never ceases to amaze me that invariably all the new people I meet, all the new clients that come my way, all the many exciting things that happen and all the goodness that comes into my life can be tracked back to some action, usually supposedly quite inconsequential at the time, that has been taken. So, basically things happen if you make them happen. It’s proof for the old saying that one thing leads to another. The more you do, the more stuff happens.

I drove down to Le Perroquet Vert Galerie in Chalais on Monday to deliver my pieces for the art exhibition. The galerie was so friendly and very busy with artists bringing in sculptures, paintings, drawings and of course photographs for display in the various galleries. Amanda, the galley owner made me feel very welcome and introduced me to another artist, Mana. Mana was looking through my photos and rather liked a humorous image of a young child on a chair reading a magazine with a picture of a very old lady on the cover (http://bit.ly/cpn0wz). It then turns out that Mana runs a Gallery in Riberac and was holding a photographic exhibition for four photographers and the theme of the expo was “humour”. Unfortunately one of the photographers had to cancel due to illness and Mana asked if I would like to exhibit in their place! I was very flattered to be asked, and so now I have another exhibition in place for July 2010 displaying 13 more pieces.

So there you go. If I hadn’t found Amanda and Le Perroquet Vert and if  I hadn’t enquired about an exhibition and if I hadn’t gone to the Galerie I would never have met Mana and would never be having an exhibition at Riberac.  One thing leads to another……….