I Used to Go to Art Shows for All the Wrong Reasons

On Visiting the Cambridge MA Illustration Exhibition

I used to go to art shows for all the wrong reasons: Because I thought I should, since I am in the arts, even if the subject didn’t actually interest me. Because others were going, and I wanted to be part of the group. Because I was told what was “good” or “cool” art to look at, and I wanted to see it to echo how good and cool it was.

I don’t dislike my…