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Why so serious?
Why so serious?

"Van Gogh" A few weeks ago, Aran S. Graham dined at a Chinese buffet, cracked open a fortune cookie and read: “Your greatest misstep may be the step you don't take.” That fortune is appropriate, as the Miami-born Graham hopes his new solo exhibition, Prepare To Be Confused, will encourage other artists to take a bold step and show their work, even if they're not sure people will understand it. The show will open Saturday at Bear and Bird Gallery in Lauderhill. Graham likens artists' fears about how their work will be judged to a cancer that renders them unwilling to exhibit. He blames this apprehension on an art world he claims takes itself too...