When i was a kid i had a favorite painting which was a Ganesh Ji in a dancing pose....
i loved it ..adored it....
and one day when i joined my painting school ... i showed it to my teacher the way i used to show it to everyone... and he told nothing absolutely nothing....
and sometime later i knew why....
one day when he was teaching us postures and techniques related to posture ... he pointed out one simple thing in my painting the lack on balance in the dancing Ganesha.... and told that 'when i saw it i could just see the fault in it and hence could not comment anything about it'.....
and that day onwards whenever i saw that painting; instead of the beautiful colours of the background, instead of the efforts put in by the kid, instead of the perfect expressions of the dancing pose; i always saw the imperfection in it....
from that experience i had learnt that technique is good when u learn it and u go beyond imperfections, when u can undo the mistake ;but in this process u always loose the charm, the innocence of the first touch, the fresh look ......
after this incident i have always made it a point to make sure to complete anything at one go but to never look back into the flaws if i dont have the intention of destroying it completely after the flaw is identified......
Few days back my roomie's frn was here and we were having a light chat...
and then suddenly our discussion a direction which was towards art and when i showed him my wall painting he being a professional photographer understands the perspectives the techniques of painting asked a simple question where is the Horizon the painting....
and when i answered its immaterial you wont see the difference in the darkness he still insisted i at-least make him point where it lies....
and i very well understood where he is heading to and after my correct answer he will point out the mistake in the painting and i knew after that the fate for this painting would be the same as for my dancing Ganesha.....
and i answered him something which was wrong but in accordance to the painting.... he must have thought i am a stupid gal who does not understand techniques but he will never understand i am the gal who gives more importance to the efforts and the thoughts then being a perfectionist...
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