I want to be an Artist.
That’s what I replied without hesitation when, in primary school, a teacher asked my class, “What’s your ambition in life?”
Did I know what an artist’s life was about? Certainly not. I was maybe eight at that time. All I knew was I enjoyed doodling and drawing; copying pictures and creating new ones. I’ve always liked drawings and pictures.
At three years of age, before I learnt how to read, I was making up my version of the Three Little Pigs from the pictures in the storybook. As I grew older, I continued to enjoy drawing but I would not have replied that I wanted to be an artist, i.e. take up art as a career. It was reinforced in me, over time, that there’s “no future” in pursuing an arts career compared to other more ’stable professions’. And so I went on to receive a Polytechnic diploma, a University degree, and a Masters degree. Ah, if there only was a crystal ball that told them of the Internet and Globalisation and Knowledge Economies and Creative Industries.
There are, however, no crystal balls; no one can tell predict what the future holds.
But lest you think that I have regrets with the path I’ve taken, I assure you there is none. I believe we simply take the path that presents itself at that point in time.
So now, I’ve embarked on this path of starting this blog for my art and other right-brain pursuits. It’s to bring back the simple life, like the days remembered by the three-year old me.
And the child is saying: I want to be an Artist.
4 February, 2006 at 2:59 am |
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4 February, 2006 at 11:50 am |
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso
4 February, 2006 at 3:31 pm |
Excellent quote. Thanks, R.E. Wolf.
5 June, 2007 at 6:47 pm |
to jenny i really want to be an artist like you
you are so good at drawing i wish i was like you
by melissa nguyen
14 August, 2007 at 1:11 pm |
i love art ive been studing art now 4 a year and a half. and thats my choice. of being a artist. i love painting and doing anything arty.
14 May, 2008 at 2:04 am |
i would love to learned hot to draw
7 June, 2008 at 2:41 am |
It is my Destiny. To Be.
8 December, 2008 at 10:26 pm |
I am very much inspired by the way you talk about art. It gives me a sense of hope for getting an inspiration on where my art will take me. I may be only 15 but I am going to go far, I assure you!
– Shayde
26 January, 2009 at 7:12 am |
you shouldnt do art for a career. you should do art for arts sake.
because you enjoy it
i personly dont like art, but i finde that when i get high, i cant stop drawing, and iv made some qwite remarkable pictures
so im takin more of an intrest in art when im not high
everyone is an artist, they just have to open up on to the ppaper
28 May, 2009 at 11:43 pm |
Arts for arts shake…
you know? I was trying to make a compendium of english poetry… thinking what would the authors I passionately read and study and slightly pronounce reckon of my passion, when I thought:
I want to be an artist, because I am so.
I wrote it on google… just to discover…
YOU
From Spain… a breathe of my soul…
28 May, 2009 at 11:50 pm |
LOL, Patricia! I tried the same keyword search and this blog didn’t appear anywhere near the top 10. So I guess the results appeared differently in Spain. Anyway, I’m happy to receive a comment from someone like you, all the way from Spain!