It's a
"supersonic" world we live in today: Everyone and everything moves so
fast that it is very easy to get the feeling that you're being left behind,
& as a result feel a need to "catch up" everytime. It is also
very easy to miss out on the beauty present all around us because we're always
on the move. However right in the midst of this ‘swift’ generation, there still
exist those who have the special ability to slow down time & literally
"freeze" the moment in time. Now, I know you would naturally assume
I'm talking about photography, but not quite.
Recently, I spent the day
with a friend who has a deep passion for a form of art that most of us usually take
for granted. Prior to this, I had never once spared a thought about just how
much goes into the making of one painting, but one visit to the art studio broadened
my mind.
If ever you're opportune to spend
some time with an artist at work, the first thought that will strike you is the
care and deliberateness that goes into making each stroke of the brush and how
each brush and color on the palette has its own rightful little place in the "big
picture".
The art of painting, not so much
unlike photography or even film making, is one that employs a blend of all the
ingredients in the artist's arsenal to pass across a thought, a memory or an
idea. However, while a photograph is taken in an instant, the average painting
takes days and sometimes weeks or even months to capture the entirety of the picture
in the artist's mind
.
Photography does make the
world go round, but painting is in a world of its own & if there's one thing I am certain about, it is never to pass by any painting without as much as a second glance ever
again. There is usually a lot to be said and heard within those brush strokes.
