The Youth of Today have a lot to say!

Children and babies are gifts and it is true, it is something I believe. They are great healers, come into the world full of love and wanting to please and just want to play and have fun in life. These are among the reasons why it was quite important to me that young people and children got a chance to see our exhibition and I was keen to see what their reaction to it was.

The group of school children who came last Tuesday initially broke the ice by asking me how Vincent died ( they were admiring our showpiece of Van Gogh in the Yellow Room ) to which I told them the truth that he shot himself, we talked for a while about Vincent, his anxiety and mental health troubles, which the young people showed that they understood and were sympathetic about, in fact there were terms that I used that I knew I did not have to explain or go any further as they had understood, and maybe experienced some of those things themselves.

Their teacher had instructed them to choose a piece of art work that they most liked to which many of the students replied that they had got two, or even four!

The children loved it and were intrigued about how I made the glass, which I found difficult to explain as it is a very involved process, but when they all came along, last Tuesday, they really did appreciate the exhibition and they left after about an hour giving me instructions to carry on and never give up!

I am very pleased that there have been a number of young people come to the exhibition and many of them said that they enjoyed it, the comments book is very complimentary and one famous artist (an older type) left a comment today saying that he was impressed with the talent on display! And he hoped people would enjoy it as much as he had! Well that is a result!

Today we had our youngest visitor to the gallery, a baby girl, well a toddler in her pram, she couldn't see the pictures as they were too high up from the vantage of her pram, but when the pram turned around and faced the ceramic green men plaques, the youngster shrieked with delight and shouted "man" "man" "man", then she noticed the apes and her grandma told her that they were apes and she continues to shout out "man" "man" "man", which was very funny. As she approached me in her pram she looked at me and said "Mummy" three times, that shocked and delighted me! Her grandma turned her chair to face the exhibition and asked her which was her favorite piece, she took it in, thought about it, and then as clear as anything said 'guitar'. This little girl totally made my day, bless her!

Sadly tomorrow will be the last day, but we are making plans to return for another show particularly as someone called 'Tinky Winky' from 'Telly tubby land' made a comment in our book which read 'again again again'. We can't let the kids down now can we?