"Form Over Function!" - © James Wilson
For anyone that doesn’t know, I took up painting last week. It’s not really that far of a stretch because of my interests in photography and drawing, but I’ve never painted before. Sure I had the childhood painting projects using finger paints and water colors, but nothing remotely serious. It’s really ironic due to the fact that my mother has been a painter for pretty much all of my life, but I just never took an interest. I’m not sure exactly why, but I imagine it has to do with my own self doubt. I never thought I had a natural talent for the arts and so I never pursued them. It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally realized that everyone has a creative talent, but that over time we’ve put up this wall convincing ourselves we’re not good enough.
