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passionbound ([info]passionbound) wrote in [info]paxletalelogs,
@ 2010-06-23 13:33:00

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Entry tags:baldr, fenrir, hel, isis, mami wati, morrigan, poseidon

Who: Simon & Others
What: Opening day of his first exhibit
Where: SoCa Metro Gallery
When: Today and throughout the week
Warnings: None to speak of
Notes: Consider this to be an open, party-style log. Since his exhibit is running for a week, feel free to drop in at any time. Just title your comment with the day in question in case other characters are there at the same time. I'll tag in to anyone who comments, though if you don't want me to, feel free to say that as well. Simon doesn't have to notice everyone who stops in. xD

SoCa Metro Gallery was small, tucked into a small space on a busy street, and unless you were particularly interested in finding it, one was likely to simply pass it by. But that was something that Simon was rather fond of, because it was in places like that that one often found little nuggets of beauty.

He could only hope other people could think the same about his exhibit.

Opening day, and he was wracked with nausea at the mere thought of people coming in to see his art, potentially buying it, and potentially hating it. He was much more content to bring in several pieces to sell when he was no where near the place to keep an eye on things, but the curator of the gallery had requested him to spend as much time as he could at the gallery, particularly during opening day. So there he was, rubbing sweat-slick hands against his slacks, trying to gather his nerves into a bundle that he could handle.

It wasn't going very well.

Various examples of his paintings were hung on the walls, most featuring picturesque scenes of the ocean, mountains, and forests. There were also several abstract pieces that were bright in colour and thick with meaning to their creator, and centered in the midst of those abstract pieces was one piece that could only speak of one thing. Halloween. It wasn't obvious at first glance, but the colours and motifs used in the oil piece all pulled together to speak of a day that was both important to him and frustrating as well. Maybe a part of him hoped that it would have some meaning to someone else; part of him hoped the person out there that was his twin would recognise it and say something.

But Simon didn't hold his breath.

He did hold on to a bottle of water, though, taking a drink from it every few moments as he paced the gallery floor, waiting for people to arrive so he could attempt some manner of hospitality to them.



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After 6 PM, Opening Day.
[info]susceptible
2010-06-23 10:05 pm UTC (link)
Billy showed up a little after six, the agreed upon time. He had thought about whether or not he should boost Simon's rep with his own, something beyond just posting to the building forum and being "Billy in 103." In the end, he decided the PR department would make a fucking disaster of it, and nobody would come to see the art, they'd just come to see how fucked up he was after the accident. He hadn't even told any of his personal friends, because then they'd make it a big deal he was doing anything that involved that much standing that wasn't physio. This gallery thing was supposed to be Simon's deal, not Billy K.'s deal.

In the end he just showed up on his own.

The sedan pulled up outside. Billy was still sort of getting used to driving with hand controls and not foot pedals, but he didn't crash into anything--there was just a little extra brake than was absolutely necessary. The street wasn't as crowded as Billy would have liked. He got out and went through the complicated business of getting out of the car without falling, turning around without support, and going backward instead of forward to get the car door shut. He was actually pretty pleased with how it turned out. It didn't take him all that long as it had when he started.

Armed with his cane, he then wandered up through the front door and tried not to beam too much from under his hat. "Hey!"

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Re: After 6 PM, Opening Day.
[info]passionbound
2010-06-23 11:20 pm UTC (link)
When Billy came in, Simon was thankfully busy with an older couple, talking animatedly about the painting they were standing in front of. At the sound of a familiar voice, he looked up though, past the few people that were milling around the exhibit, a grin coming to his lips at the sight of the other man. "Hey!" he responded, lifting a hand in greeting. Then there was a bite of his lip before he held up a finger to gesture that he would be there as quickly as he could. The man of the hour couldn't just abandon people mid-talk, after all, but Simon felt sure that Billy wouldn't mind.

After all, there was plenty to see otherwise.

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Re: After 6 PM, Opening Day.
[info]susceptible
2010-06-24 12:16 am UTC (link)
Billy was pleased to see quite a few people here, and metaphorically patted himself on the back for not messing around with Simon's attendance list. He hushed, since art galleries were generally kind of the places you were supposed to hush in as oppose to shout 'Hey!' across great distances. Most of the people were too busy with the art or each other to stare, so Billy took the opportunity to explore what was set up.

It took him about five minutes to get maliciously smug about stealing his two before they ever ended up here.

Remembering his conversation with Simon earlier, Billy headed past the landscapes to stare at the abstract ones for a while, hoping he might be able to see some of the stuff Simon had mentioned before.

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Re: After 6 PM, Opening Day.
[info]passionbound
2010-06-24 12:23 am UTC (link)
It was while Billy was perusing the abstracts that Simon came up alongside him, arms folded over his chest, fingers tucked in against his sides. "I really like colour," he said quietly, tilting his head to the side as he looked at the one that Billy was looking at. "Landscapes... you can play with it to find the perfect hue and tone that you want, but with this..."

He let out a sigh, head tilting the other direction. "You can say a lot with colour. Entire volumes of emotions with a swipe of a brush. What gets put on the canvas..." Simon paused, considering his words. "It's a little piece of the artist that he leaves behind to share with the world."

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Re: After 6 PM, Opening Day.
[info]susceptible
2010-06-24 12:28 am UTC (link)
Billy turned to look at his friend and then back at the picture. He squinted a little while longer, shifted to one side so that all his weight was on his arm on the cane. He stared, and he puzzled, and then finally he shook his head. "I still feel like I'm missing something." Especially since the man just said he stuck a piece of himself in it! Billy appreciated the sentiment, however. He invested a lot in almost everything he did, and sometimes it left him feeling empty.

Turning away from the painting, he beamed at Simon. "Soooo, your first showing. Seems like it's going well!" Billy couldn't be more enthusiastic to find actual people present. People besides himself. "Anybody from the building show yet?" Ignoring the fact that it was ridiculously early.

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Re: After 6 PM, Opening Day. - [info]passionbound, 2010-06-24 12:36 am UTC
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Well after 6, opening day
[info]calaveritas
2010-06-23 11:47 pm UTC (link)
Aura dressed carefully for the occasion in grays and blacks, with her hair loose and clean. She wore no makeup, and her only concession to fashion was a pair of very comfortable combat boots. If asked, she would say she was attending the opening out of idle curiosity. Honestly, however, she liked Simon a little, and she wanted to see what he could do. After all, he owed her a commission.

She walked into the gallery, and she immediately liked the feel of the place. A deep, soothing breath told her no one in the immediate vicinity was dying, and she tied her hair up in a loose knot as she walked straight to the Halloween painting, as if drawn to it. She clasped her hands behind her back, and the tipped her head to the side as she examined it. The small smile on her lips was honest and thoughtful, and she became lost in the piece of art easily.

She wondered how much it would cost.

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Re: Well after 6, opening day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-23 11:52 pm UTC (link)
The crowd was thinning (not that it had ever been thick to begin with), and Simon found himself getting into the rhythm of how things like this went. The response from the public had been relatively positive, and he had already sold several pieces (though they would remain on display through the end of the exhibit) and commissioned three other pieces. So really, there was nothing to be disappointed in.

He had just said good night to a young couple that had wandered in when he noticed someone paying attention to his Halloween painting. Simon couldn't help his smile, inwardly pleased that someone had noticed. So he wandered over, taking up a stance beside Aura, his arms folded over his chest. "You like this one?" he asked, his tone casual and easy going.

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Re: Well after 6, opening day
[info]calaveritas
2010-06-23 11:56 pm UTC (link)
She made a quiet, affirmative sound, not looking away from the paining immediately. "I like Halloween," she said truthfully, not knowing him for a tenant and therefore not being defensive. "I don't think people understand the significance of the day, so they make it about scary things they can understand." She looked over at him then, and she was quiet. No, not his time yet, she decided, then she looked back at the painting again. "What do you see in it?"

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Re: Well after 6, opening day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-24 12:02 am UTC (link)
A brow arched when he looked at her, but he didn't say anything further until she was looking back at the painting. "I see a day that seems really important to the person who painted this," Simon said honestly, shoulders sinking down the slightest bit as he relaxed. "A day beyond the commercialism that the world puts on it... but really," he paused then, shoulders shrugging up just a little.

"That's just me. What do you see in it?"

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Re: Well after 6, opening day - [info]calaveritas, 2010-06-24 12:15 am UTC
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IDK maybe like around 7? Opening Day
[info]i_sea_you
2010-06-24 01:30 pm UTC (link)
Paul enjoyed art a great deal. He could be artistic when given the opportunity, and often yearned for some sort of creative release. This mostly involved photography or sketching, as well as looking at other people's artwork. He had his favorite styles, because if Paul tried to paint he was sure it would end up a disaster. For now, he would just appreciate the talent of others. That was good enough for him.

But he had seen the fliers advertising this particular exhibit, so he thought he would head down to see if he could find anything for his new apartment. The walls were looking a little institutionalized, so some color would be preferred. When he arrived he stuck his hands in his pockets and began to browse, stopping in front of one of the paintings of ocean life to study the detail.

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Re: IDK maybe like around 7? Opening Day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-24 06:19 pm UTC (link)
There was more traffic than Simon would have ever predicted, the evening considerably more busy than the afternoon had been. He tried to tell himself that this was a good thing, but that knot of tension was still pulling at his stomach unhappily. The best thing, he had discovered, was just to distract himself with making sure that each and every person in the gallery got a personal greeting from the artist himself.

Spying a man studying one of his oceanscapes, Simon made his way over, coming up alongside Paul, hands tucked into the pockets of his dark slacks. "You enjoy the ocean?" he commented, inclining his head towards the painting that had drew his attention.

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Re: IDK maybe like around 7? Opening Day
[info]i_sea_you
2010-06-24 06:36 pm UTC (link)
Paul turned a bit, offering the man a small smile. "Understatement," he said, but considering they had been talking for .5 seconds, Paul doubted that the man wanted to hear everything he had to say about the vast expanse of water. "I'm an oceanographer," he settled on. "So yes. This one's fantastic. You're the one behind the artwork?"

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Re: IDK maybe like around 7? Opening Day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-24 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Simon grinned then, nodding his head in acceptance of that news. "Understatement of the year, then," he replied, nodding his head towards the painting in question. "I hope I didn't ruin it too much for you with this. I'm always afraid to claim responsibility until I know if someone likes it."

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Re: IDK maybe like around 7? Opening Day - [info]i_sea_you, 2010-06-24 06:58 pm UTC
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Second day of exhibit, soon after the gallery opens for the day
[info]redhoodie
2010-06-24 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Since Moana had seen the forum post asking who planned on going to see Simon's exhibit, even if she hadn't responded to it, she'd decided that the opening day would probably be too crowded for her tastes. It wasn't that she didn't want to meet her new neighbors. She would prefer to be on friendly enough terms with them that they wouldn't comment on some of her more high profile visitors, at least, and so that next time she had something large to transport in she might not have to waste her money on hiring someone to do it. It was simply that she preferred to do it one at a time, instead of throwing herself into what she'd observed to be a very high-energy group.

The second day, though, she'd assumed would be fairly open. Most people either attended on the first day of an event, to show a strong initial support, or were lazy and put it off until the last day. Some strange individuals preferred to show up right at the midpoint, and some forced themselves to go the next to last day so that it wouldn't be as obvious that they put it off until the last possible minute, but the second day? For the most part, it was reserved for those who wandered in randomly or who didn't have any other day off work. It should be the sort of quiet crowd that Moana would much rather be a part of.

As with everything she did, Moana had dressed in a carefully appropriate way - a white sun dress, white sandal flats, and her hair pinned up so that just a few curls fell onto her face. She still looked a little too put-together, a little too much like it was all an elaborate costume, but she at least had on the correct sort of clothes for the occasion. Was her obsession with it vain? Maybe, but in her line of work it was a necessity.

She breezed into the gallery as unobtrusively as she was capable of, ignoring the relatively small crowd; she'd picked her time well, people were just beginning to trickle in off the street. Since a quick glance around didn't locate Simon, she started drifting around the room, viewing the different pieces as she waited for him to reveal himself. There were a few pieces, both landscapes and abstract, that she could easily see on her wall, but the idea of having something created just for her appealed very much to her greedier side.

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Re: Second day of exhibit, soon after the gallery opens for the day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-24 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Day two was going much more calmly than opening day, and for that, Simon was eternally grateful. Now that he was more familiar with how things in the gallery would go, he could relax (slightly), and be more open with the patrons that attended. He had been sitting in the corner in one of the plush chairs arranged there, a book in hand, when he noticed a lady enter the gallery. Immediately, the book was closed and Simon rose to his feet, crossing over towards where she had moved to.

"Welcome to the exhibit," he said politely, hands clasped behind his back. "Did you come to look for anything in particular?"

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Re: Second day of exhibit, soon after the gallery opens for the day
[info]redhoodie
2010-06-24 08:27 pm UTC (link)
Moana turned to him with a little smile. Though she suspected this was Simon, it never hurt to do some flirting with anyone she was planning to do business with. It tended to make things to a lot more smoothly, whether the business was in the bedroom or out. "I am, in fact. I was hoping to find the artist." The corners of her lips turned upward a tiny bit more, and her tone became teasing. "I've heard he's quite a handsome man. Have you seen him around?"

In a way, she sort of hoped he bristled a little. He looked like the bristly type, and they were so much more fun than the ones that tumbled over their own tongues the second she started flirting.

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Re: Second day of exhibit, soon after the gallery opens for the day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-25 06:46 pm UTC (link)
Simon tilted his head to the side at those words, arching a brow. "Really? I haven't heard that said about him, but perhaps we're just not hearing the same things about the artist." Shoulders shrugged up just a bit and he turned to look at the painting in front of them, keeping a nonchalant attitude about it all. Flirting never really made him comfortable... in fact, it usually made him feel absolutely awkward. While he could appreciate a beautiful woman making conversation, what point was there in it if he didn't know them? It was best to play it safe.

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Re: Second day of exhibit, soon after the gallery opens for the day - [info]redhoodie, 2010-06-25 08:22 pm UTC
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After 6PM, Opening Day
[info]nightoftears
2010-06-24 08:37 pm UTC (link)
What do you even wear to a gallery opening? Possibly something lame and stuffy. So Devin ended up wearing what she usually wore out -- a Green Lantern t-shirt, black board shorts, and boots that looked way too big for her to even be comfortably wearing.

The gallery wasn't hard to find and when she entered, she bumped in to an older couple looking at some landscape. "Yo..sorry?" She awkwardly apologized before moving on. She stood in front of the abstracts, looking around like someone dropped her on an alien planet. Maybe she should've worn a "I'm his neighbor" sign? Also, these paintings were hella boring. She'd kill for a painting of Wonder Woman or Lady Shiva.

Tilting her head to the side as she stared at the painting, confusion radiated off of her. No seriously, what the fuck was this?

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Re: After 6PM, Opening Day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-25 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Spying someone giving his paintings a look he was entirely unfamiliar with, Simon made his way over towards her, tilting his own head to the side.

"Is there something wrong with it?" he asked. "Or do you dislike it that much?"

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Re: After 6PM, Opening Day
[info]nightoftears
2010-06-25 07:54 pm UTC (link)
"I don't get it," Devin told him simply, her armful of bracelets clanging together as she gestured to the abstract. "Like, what'm I looking at here?"

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Re: After 6PM, Opening Day
[info]passionbound
2010-06-25 10:17 pm UTC (link)
"What do you think you're looking at?" he replied in question, his gaze focused on her this time instead of the painting. "Art isn't all about what the artist puts on canvas, but the feelings that it evokes from those who view it. How does it make you feel?"

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Re: After 6PM, Opening Day - [info]nightoftears, 2010-06-26 02:06 am UTC
Third Day; Around Noon
[info]punchout
2010-06-25 11:10 pm UTC (link)
It was days like this that Riley remembered why so many people never made it as professional boxers. Melinda was putting her through her paces a thousand times over, dragging her to Hell and then making her carry all their luggage back. She had a fight in two weeks, and this was the "cram" workout before the rest that let her muscles rebuild and recover for the big day. Report at the gym by 5, work until your muscles are bleeding. Quick lunch. Then back in the gym until 5. Nearly twelve hours of nonstop action, and it was tiring.

As Melinda the Prison Guard granted Riley her hour off for lunch, the escaped prisoner initially wanted to run and find a refuge where she could nap. But she recalled seeing a message on Pax Letale's forums about an art show that one of her new neighbors was putting on, and how they should all show up as a show of friendliness. Riley could get behind that.

After smiling nicely at one of the managers of the gym, Riley commandeered his computer to access the forums, getting the address of the art gallery where the show was going on. It wasn't too far, and the cardio would only help her. Everybody wins.

She took a brief cold shower so she didn't leak sweat all over the nice art, putting her fire engine hair into a tight knot and throwing on a fresh tank top and mesh shorts before leaving the gym with her wallet and a sports bottle full of Gatorade. On the way to the gallery, she stopped at a bakery and purchased a chocolate chip muffin. Carrying the little white bag like a precious treasure, she jogged to the gallery.

At first, she ran past it, having to backtrack and search before the small shop was really visible. She pushed the door open, peering inside. It seemed to be empty at first, though on second glance she saw a young man with dark hair standing about. Waving her sports bottle, she smiled brightly. "Hello!" she said, scooting inside. "I'm looking for Simon? He's the artist that painted all these," she gestured with the white bag to the paintings. "Is he here?"

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Re: Third Day; Around Noon
[info]passionbound
2010-06-25 11:17 pm UTC (link)
At the sound of someone entering the otherwise-empty gallery, Simon looked up, pocketing his cellphone and giving the newcomer a small smile of greeting. "Depends on who's looking for him and why," he said, his voice just the tiniest bit wary. Maybe it was her bright gestures, the even brighter hair, or the combination of the two, but it left Simon on guard.

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Re: Third Day; Around Noon
[info]punchout
2010-06-25 11:25 pm UTC (link)
The response made her pause for a moment. Was she suddenly in a gangster movie? "Uh." She shook her head, dismissing the thought. That was silly. "Me," she started, pointing at herself with the water bottle. "I'm Riley. I live in the same building as him." After a moment, she held up the white bag. "And I'm here to bring him a muffin."

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Re: Third Day; Around Noon
[info]passionbound
2010-06-25 11:28 pm UTC (link)
That had him blinking because he really hadn't expected that sort of answer. So she was another one of his many neighbors... and he could briefly recall that she was a... "You're the boxer, aren't you?" he said, voicing his thoughts instead of just keeping them to himself. "And a muffin?" That got a hint of a smile out of him. "You didn't knock something over and you're just bringing the muffin to apologise, did you?"

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