I felt a sudden urge to do art recently. I think it all started on the Sunday morning when I arrived early at JCCAC before the craft fair. I arrived there after Sunday service, with a couple of idle hours before the start of fair, I slowly strolled around the quiet building. Passed by many studios’ front door, some showing works of the resident artists, I couldn’t help but imagine what life would be like to be the artists doing art full time.
I have a feeling that I’m distancing myself from art, haven’t really immersed myself with art since quitting the weekly oil painting and watercolor classes, the last oil painting I completed was way back in November last year! I replaced my weekly painting classes with weekly Chinese calligraphy classes, but that didn’t seem to fill the craving for art.
The urge to do art was so intense that I spontaneously decided to go out and sketch on Monday afternoon, something I haven’t done since February. That seemed to ease the craving a little. I always have the idea that I should focus on my career now and then draw and paint all I want when I retire. Art seems to play a bigger role in my life than I expected. If I can’t control my starvation and limit myself to doing art on Mondays, I may not help but become a true starving artist. ? Oh Lord, is that what you want me to do?