I have a penchant for the ARTS; but I am not an artist. I am artistic and creative though... in my own way.
My fascination in art started when I was about 5 or 6 years old, I think. I remember always looking forward to art class - cutting, pasting, coloring, painting and the like. I was amused at how cut pieces of paper, paper chads or anything for that matter, can create beautiful artworks. When I got into high school, I began sketching. Started with 3D shapes, then on to anything I felt like drawing in random moments, mostly objects of nature. I can still recall lugging my sketchbook when going for walks in the park, to malls, on family vacations - almost everywhere. But when I tried my hand in sketching people, I struggled at the task. :( Damn! I just couldn't get the hands and face right! A friend, an artist-photographer, told me to start with the hands. He said once I get the hands right, the face is a piece of cake. But I got stuck on the hands and moved no further. Realizing I'm not cut out for that, I limited myself to objects and abstracts - I'm better at it. Hehe!
But my trying-to-be-an-artist-of-sorts was short-lived though. A lot of things had happened since. I don't get to draw or sketch much anymore, if none at all. Had I kept at it, I guess I would've been good (or not!).
I never lost the fascination and appreciation for art though. When I get the chance, I try to visit art exhibitions as I find a sense of peace and familiarity to it. Else, I go out and find art in the most random of things and capture them in photographs. I realized that art isn't just for those who excel in drawing, sketching, sculpting, painting, and the like. It is more of having an "eye" and a "heart" for it. There is art all around... you just have to look at it from a different angle to see and appreciate the beauty.
I never lost the fascination and appreciation for art though. When I get the chance, I try to visit art exhibitions as I find a sense of peace and familiarity to it. Else, I go out and find art in the most random of things and capture them in photographs. I realized that art isn't just for those who excel in drawing, sketching, sculpting, painting, and the like. It is more of having an "eye" and a "heart" for it. There is art all around... you just have to look at it from a different angle to see and appreciate the beauty.
My first few desperate attempts at photography using my phone cam (sucks!). Needs a hell lot of improvement, I know. With practice, I'll get it down to a T pretty soon.
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