I have been an artist since I was old enough to pick up a stick and carve in the dirt. From there I took an even more active interest in art, and with my family’s support (and access to a small studio where I was allowed to paint a few times a week,) I finished my first framed oil on canvas at the age of 6.
Now, I would never say I was a prodigy. I simply had an unquenchable desire to create beauty wherever and whenever, and it was sometimes nothing more than taking a crude watercolor brush to butcher paper or weaving a daisy chain while sitting in a field. The fact remained that there was a creative flow within me that never ebbed.
To state that I was most happy when I was creating art is a fact and probably true with most artists. But within that fickle activity called life, circumstances, sometimes out of need or ignorance, can take one down a path into the mundane and complacent. And if anybody ever wanted to know how to extinguish artistic urge, it’s to submerge it in the day-to-day humdrum routine of the ordinary. Surefire killer.
That being said, it is of the utmost importance that an artist keep his head above water—vital, actually. The reality is that artists have a gigantic hand in injecting the beauty and vitality we all enjoy in present day life. I wrote an article about this very subject: the role of the artist in society and how their creative impact is broad and deep.
Without the beauty continually brought into being by the many players in the various genres of art, this world would be a dull, soulless place. My personal role and responsibility as an artist is to not only create beautiful work that uplifts others, but to actively support my fellow artists. Art is my job, my life and my love, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
~Ana
Here! Here! 😀
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😀 !
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Thank you for following my blog – I hope you will enjoy the posts!
“artists have a gigantic hand in injecting the beauty and vitality we all enjoy in present day life” – well put!
Ilona
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Hi Ilona! I am certain I will continue to enjoy your posts.
Thanks also for your kind words too. Appreciated!
~Ana
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Fascinating art.Regards.jalal
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Thank you! 😀
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I agree wholeheartedly 🙂 Lovely piece, I think you pretty much summarized why art is very much needed ❤
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Thanks, and I appreciate your agreement! Art is oxygen for the soul…
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After coming back from Florence and seeing the great works of Michelangelo, Filippi, Boticelli, and other masters, I honestly think that our generation need more art in everyday lives. I think I’m picking up my first paint brush after a long, long time.
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Wow! This is so exciting. I definitely will be checking in on your blog!
Thanks so much for the comment.
~Ana
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Art as oxygen for the soul….most definitely. I love visiting galleries for my art ‘fix’. I have never painted (having been told I couldn’t draw, at school), but my camera is my creative tool….I love experimenting, albeit not especially brilliantly! Thanks for following my blog, much appreciated, hope there might be a tiny bit of oxygen in there!
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Thanks again for your comments, Sue. I love your photography and definitely will be back for more oxygen.
Have an excellent weekend, and looking forward to more of your photographic drawings. 😉
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