Art and Life

 The daunting empty page and the luring phone. Procrastination ; simply put, the act of avoiding and postponing a task that needs to be done. Delaying to submit that application, write that report/essay, learn that instrument; postponing a practice routine, exercise, diet plan, visit a relative, finish that painting, put on that exhibition or concert, write that book, face that challenge, confront a fear etc... Usually these are put on a bench and in their place we insert whatsapp, facebook, video games, movies, TV, the bar, beach, candycrash... Basically more important life saving deeds, the crucial fun stuff. Artists haven't got a monopoly on this postpone-for-no-reason-whatsoever foolishness, it can affect anyone. But artists have truly perfected the art of delaying stuff. This is a disease for many creative people and I am not immune. It sure is something that I battle with from time to time. I was thinking a lot about why on occasion, it takes me so long to do cert...

Photo by Maurine Kintu This is the third time I am starting this blog! I will start with this, ironically, previous post. I have read other people's blogs and commented on many for a long while but I haven't really felt the need to start one of my own. So why start a blog now? Well, I enjoy writing and sounding out ideas that are otherwise simply chaos in my mind. I haven't really had it in me to write a straight book but perhaps a blog would be good practice for me to work toward fulfilling that goal someday. One can dream can't one? I opened the blog account in 2008 but I am only starting to use it now. That is some serious procrastinating! Let me see how long I will manage to maintain this. Book by Louisa Le Marchand A very good friend of mine Louisa Le Marchand published a book of poems Whispers in The Mists of Time  and it really inspired me to collate my ideas and attempt to write something to completion. I have tried before but the most I ever d...