Blog number sixty-four 10 Dec 2006
I haven't been writing in my blog.
Back when I was painting, I used to have five or six paintings in various stages of completion at any one time. I used to spend all my spare time, weekends, late into the night, painting. I spent all my spare energy on painting, totally engrossed in it.
One day I found some photos of some beautiful murals this guy was doing and he said that he made clay statues, shone a light on them from one side and used this as models for his paintings, creating beautiful patterns of shadows. I decided to try that. I got some clay, made my models, but instead of painting, I got so interested in the making of clay figures that I turned my energy into that. From there I went into wood and stone carving, leaving painting in the past.
One day Derek, my youngest son, asked me to paint him a painting for his new house. When I tried to do it, I found I couldn't. It was like losing a talent, but as I looked at it, what had happened was that I lost my passion for painting.
In the same manner, I have lost my passion for writing at the moment, but I am sure it will return, 'cause I like to talk about things.
This entry originally began as an e-mail to my nephew Mark as a response to his comment about my not writing in my blog. Two birds with one stone, like.
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