There is an unusual feeling that comes over me when I see my work assembled in one room and hung to show the public as it was last Saturday night (August 15) for the reception at the Blowing Rock Frameworks & Gallery. Months of hard work is visually around me, thoughts of how well it will be received wedge their way into my consciousness, and a quick assessment of who might show up crowd their way into my head at once. All that takes place immediately as I walk into the gallery to prepare for guests to arrive at 5 p.m.