A day at the Conference

[kippurbird]

Report from the conference. Because everyone wanted to hear about that.

First, the portfolio with the naked people. While they didn't say anything, the people did tend to linger on the pictures with a sort of puzzled expression on their faces. Like they couldn't believe they were seeing what they were seeing.


Second: I had these pair of paintings up:









A woman comes up to them and looking at them says to me, "I like how you incorporated the puzzle pieces in the background for Autism."

It took me a second to realize what she was talking about. After all, I had no puzzle pieces in any of my pictures, but when I did I said, "They're not puzzle pieces, it's a stained glass window."

She looked at me and went "Oh" and then walked off.

Third thing. The CAN (or Autism Speaks) guy was right next to our table. My mom, rather gleefully showed him our pamphlet. And I mean gleefully. He seemed to have a confused reaction. Later my mom showed me one of their pamphlets where upon it said that, "Autism is a disorder that can last a lifetime in most children". So, where do the children go when their autism vanishes, I wonder? It is a life time thingy as it is the way we're born, rather like blue eyes. It also said, "One child every twenty minutes is born with the affliction of autism much to the parent's despair" which is really nice to read. These poor kids are afflicting their parents. I'm sure my mom thought I was afflicting her.

My mom talked to the guy for a good half hour trying to convert him, but it didn't work. =( He said, though, that my mom had given him to think about.

Comments

[gundamkiwi.livejournal.com]

I can kind of see the puzzle pieces...but it looks like stained glass to me. Silly woman. :/ Also! These are gorgeous! *pets them* Watercolor? Very nice work! ^_^

And hey, even if your mom didn't convert the guy, at least she did give him something to think about, right? That's something, at least. :)

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Yes. I mean, I could see how there is some faint resemblance to puzzle pieces, but really. It's in a window. Puzzle pieces aren't in windows.

Yes. Watercolor. Thank you! Everyone wants to buy them, but I won't sell my originals.

This is true! And hopefully, over time, he will leave the Dark Side and come to the Light.

[gundamkiwi.livejournal.com]

Also, I got to thinking...How stupid of that woman to look at your pictures and think you purposely put something in there to represent autism. I guess she thinks that because you have it and it's such a 'horrible disability' it must be constantly on your mind? That seems the same as me saying there's bits and pieces in my own art that I purposely insert to represent my non-autism. Word up, lady! That's not how the artistic mind works! Fail! D:

Muahaha...always hang on to your originals...unless or until you are offered an obscene amount of money for them. ;)

[smurasaki.livejournal.com]

Maybe instead of curing autism, they should be working on a cure for people who see puzzle pieces everywhere.
No?

(Lovely paintings, by the way. ^_^)

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad you like em.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

.How stupid of that woman to look at your pictures and think you purposely put something in there to represent autism. I guess she thinks that because you have it and it's such a 'horrible disability' it must be constantly on your mind?

A lot of people who deal with autism are like that. They think that the only thing in an autistic person's life is the autism and there for it must show up in everything. Is silly.

Muahaha...always hang on to your originals...unless or until you are offered an obscene amount of money for them. ;)

The only originals I will sell are the originals I make to sell. Or the ones I really hate. I'm one of those artists who make for themselves and not for others. Though if they want to offer me an obscene amount of money, I'm sure we could work something out.

[thelittlebudgie.livejournal.com]

Man. Some people just have to see symbolism in everything.

The lifetime comment is puzzling. Does that mean that when autism goes away, the children die? If that's the case, why are they trying to get rid of autism?

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

They do! I have this one painting that I did to test out a new watercolor set. It's an abstract. My mom framed it and we show it sometimes with the title "Autism" just for shits and giggles.Watching people trying to figure out why it's called Autism is hilarious.

We haven't been able to figure out the lifetime comment either. It's very odd.

[spoofmaster]

They do! I have this one painting that I did to test out a new watercolor set. It's an abstract. My mom framed it and we show it sometimes with the title "Autism" just for shits and giggles.Watching people trying to figure out why it's called Autism is hilarious.

*bursts out laughing*

[christinaathena.livejournal.com]

He said, though, that my mom had given him to think about. That's a good sign! Even if he doesn't adopt a culturalist view, he may at least be less adamant about cure-ism.

And, yeah, I can kind of see how they look like puzzle pieces, but ... there's an obvious window frame there, so wouldn't "window" be the most plausible interpretation? Silly people.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

That's a good sign! Even if he doesn't adopt a culturalist view, he may at least be less adamant about cure-ism.

Yup!

And, yeah, I can kind of see how they look like puzzle pieces, but ... there's an obvious window frame there, so wouldn't "window" be the most plausible interpretation? Silly people.

I know. Silly people trying to see symbolism in everything. Sometimes a window is just a window.

[(Anonymous)]

"One child every twenty minutes is born with the affliction of autism much to the parent's despair"

Obviously, this is what adoption is for until babies come with receipts.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

[veriun.livejournal.com]

Isn't it obvious that it's stained glass? I saw it at once, though if you look hard enough, you can find tons of symbolism in ANYTHING, even though the artist never intented for that particular piece of symbolism to be there at all. Most of them go "oh yeah, that was intentional. Of course I drew him with the sword in his left hand instead of his right to symbolize that he's a different person now. It's totally not because I screwed up halfway and refused to change it."

...

Wish I could've been there, if only to hear the guy say the part about autism being a disorder that most children carry their whole lives. And I wish I had your watercolour skills.

[veriun.livejournal.com]

I mean that the pamphlet said it. Sorry about that.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I certainly thought it was obvious.

you can find tons of symbolism in ANYTHING, even though the artist never intented for that particular piece of symbolism to be there at all

*points up to comment to thelittlebudgie *

He carries the sword in his left hand because he's left handed. XD

And I wish I had your watercolour skills.

I had a really good teacher. Insanely good teacher and I practice a lot.

[authoressarktos.livejournal.com]

"I like how you incorporated the puzzle pieces in the background for Autism."

*facepalm*

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Yup. That describes my reaction completely.

[last-servant.livejournal.com]

Whee, nudity!

Ahem.

The puzzle-piece woman probably just had autism on the brain, and since ART MUST BE SYMBOLIC, was trying to give you a compliment. Never attribute to malice what you can to stupidity, and all that.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know she was trying to give me a compliment. It still surprised me. It was the first time it ever happened in regards to those pieces.