Greetings comrades,
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
― Pablo Picasso
As with the Internet, you can
never be absolutely sure whether Pablo Picasso has said these exact words, nevertheless
they remain pertinent and true. My diary for this course is a string of patched
drawings and attempted paintings I am currently creating in Paris. It is also
interlaced with my reflections, thoughts and emotions I’m experiencing
throughout the process. I am by no means an artist. This is the 5th
and final year of my Engineering syllabus. But it’s quite nice to evade Dirac’s
bra-kets along with Schrodinger’s indecisive cat in order to escape to a world
of liberties guided only by sense and the tip of a brush.
“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”
― Frida Kahlo
Three months since I’ve been
living in Paris and I found inspiration in every nook and corner in this
crowded, restless city. The tempo of life here is of a different order of magnitude,
that which I have never seen elsewhere. By simple extension, my daily life grew
to be more hectic. Hence, a chaos is brewing, that which I would like to
channel, externalize and shape-shift into concrete imageries. Or at least
attempt to.
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
― Vincent van Gogh
I hope to paint those dreams in color and may words carry
out the thoughts that fail to come forth via my brush.
Tony
