In the past week I have hung out with several world renowned oil/acrylic painters, a Master print maker, one of the best knife makers in the world and the world master of the Martial art of Kojasho.
It is a bit awe inspiring to be in the presence of some of these people. I have known most of these people my whole life but in these past weeks I have seen them in a new light and thought to myself "That is what I want for myself". I want to be a master in my own field and to be happy with my field. Hearing these people's stories about how tough it gets sometimes and how rewarding it is to do what you want is just outstanding. Getting advice from people who have done a lot of the stuff I want to do along the way and getting the little pearls of wisdom on how to recognize and avoid all those things I fear will be my downfall during my journey.
This trip back home has been busy, stressful, eye opening (in many ways good and bad), fantastic, fun and overwhelming.
I cannot wait until I get back home and live my normal shitty life with my boring shitty job just because I need a break from this running around.
I am so happy that I came out here and I learned more in 7 weeks than I could have ever hoped to learn.
I have so many art projects going on in my head I can hardly contain it, plus I started my second oil painting last week.
It is not my normal style but I learned a lot of technique on this little canvas
It is a bit awe inspiring to be in the presence of some of these people. I have known most of these people my whole life but in these past weeks I have seen them in a new light and thought to myself "That is what I want for myself". I want to be a master in my own field and to be happy with my field. Hearing these people's stories about how tough it gets sometimes and how rewarding it is to do what you want is just outstanding. Getting advice from people who have done a lot of the stuff I want to do along the way and getting the little pearls of wisdom on how to recognize and avoid all those things I fear will be my downfall during my journey.
This trip back home has been busy, stressful, eye opening (in many ways good and bad), fantastic, fun and overwhelming.
I cannot wait until I get back home and live my normal shitty life with my boring shitty job just because I need a break from this running around.
I am so happy that I came out here and I learned more in 7 weeks than I could have ever hoped to learn.
I have so many art projects going on in my head I can hardly contain it, plus I started my second oil painting last week.
It is not my normal style but I learned a lot of technique on this little canvas
I have another class tomorrow. basically 9 hours of painting and picking the brain of a guy who has literally been there done that with a lot of the things I want to do.
Life is good but I miss my home.
To all my New Mexicans on here, sorry we didn't get a chance to hang out.
To all my Israeli's see you in a bit.
Much love,
Noah Zark--
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jacquesdemolay:
See ya soon
dinah:
It is for the best. I'm pretty happy.