Challenge 9

Hi there!

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

― Vincent Van Gogh

Today’s challenge is to initiate a conversation with an unknown person in a public place. Since my friend and I attended art school together, we decided to go to the Art Gallery in our city. We were lucky to visit the exhibition of Van Gogh and Claude Monet as they are our favorite artists. Though this exhibition ends at 27^th of January, there were few people there. While my friend was looking at paintings, I came to the museum custodian. These old Russian ladies, who are sitting in the corner of the room in each museum, are extremely scary because they are always angry and have a don’t-touch-it look.

I was feeling nervous and my fingers were cold when I came to her. She looked at me through her big-lenses glasses, and I just smiled. It was strange, I guess, and then the woman was shocked. I started speaking – I asked her about paintings whether she liked them or not. Also, I asked her if she could tell something about them. But she was that unpleasant kind of woman who speaks a little and only to the case. That’s why our conversation was not long, and she sent me to the guide to get more information about the exhibition. Though she was rude, I thanked her. I was glad that I could have overcome my fear!

After I came to my friend, I saw her stunned face. She garbed my arm and started whispering some words of admiration to my ear. It was really funny! Besides, I was glad I could have overcome my fear!