My Latest Kick

For those of you who know me, you know that there are times that I get on random kicks or interests. In the past its been various musical instruments, certain books, movies, learning about random subjects etc. My newest interest…art. These past few weeks we’ve had several volunteer teams with us. On one team, there was an artist named Janice who taught art to children in the slum schools. I got to work with her and see her teach these children, many of which may have never painted. It was a great learning experience, to see her communicate amazing Truth using art. She was incredibly talented, as well as the kids and it made me want to do the same thing. I’ve actually have been talking about trying to paint for months, but still just never have done it. To be honest, I’ve never really tried. I may not be any good at it at all, but there just seems to be something theraupeutic about creating art. So we will see. Thanks to Janice, I have already painted my first piece. On day she taught me how to do Sumi-e Chinese painting. It is a special type of painting using black ink. Surprisingly, it was not hard at all and just required a special brush and a little explanation of technique by Janice. Granted, its nothing spectacular, but it felt really good to do something that I created from scratch. I think it is important take time to do something for yourself, whether its paint, read, sing, play, etc. I enjoy all the other ones, so I know I hope to try something new.

This is my sumi-e Chinese painting. I am open to any offers! lol.