Artistic taste
I have several hobbies developed over a period of years. It
is interesting to develop new skills and it requires a lot of dedication and
sustained effort.
Sketching and drawing is one of them. During my school days,
I was scared to touch the pencil even to draw an ordinary flower for my school
assignments.
But moving on to college and professional courses, there was
no choice left other than to try it out. At some point of time, I thought about
my maternal uncle, who used to be very good at oil paintings.
I thought about him whenever I had any assignments and some
sort of self-confidence developed. The artistic taste grew from there on.
My thoughts on drawing came out recently when I observed an
artist exhibiting his skills at an Abu Dhabi mall. He was a professional and
started from a blank canvas and used the free brush style and created something
extraordinary.
Thinking deeper into it, our life is like that of the blank
canvas and the artist. We are born with certain natural and inherited skills
and we add up on to them several others through continuous education. This
becomes our true wealth.
How we utilise this wealth will result in our immortal
contributions to society. This is what I term, Talent Share, with its magic
mantra. A talent or knowledge is to be shared.
The joy of seeing someone else taking up your interest in a
competitive or entertainment spirit is immense to experience.
Ramesh Menon
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