Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Peace's Academic Interests

I am interested in art. It is actually started at my very young age and it motivates me to want to be a painter. I was always very happy to study art, especially painting when I was at school. I think I did quite well at it. I love watching paintings in art galleries or art museum. They inspire me to think beyond what I just see. Later on, my interest in art is not limited to only painting, but it goes beyond to fashion design. However, I haven't had a chance to study it in the university. As a result, I took a short course when I had free time instead.
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  1. Unknown29 April 2013 at 10:29

    perfect

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  2. Peter.AUA29 April 2013 at 10:38

    I would never guessed that you were interested in art. And now I'm wondering how I got that completely wrong idea. I'm glad your blog post on academic interests has corrected my mistake.

    When i was in school, I sort of liked art, but I was always unhappy with my drawings and paintings. I thought I couldn't do it, and i think this also led to think that I couldn't understand art. I did, however, study it as an academic subject. Actually, I never studied art, I studied aesthetics, the branch of philosophy that deals with theories of art and beauty. This is often not very beautiful, and most of the great thinkers on this topic, aesthetics, do not write literature: their written work is not a work or art, however brilliant the ideas.

    I had a big change of mind shortly after I moved to Thailand. I had become interested in theories of language acquisition, and a US academic, Stephen (Steven?) Kraschen (?) had proposed a theory that the best way to learn was in a natural way that mimicked what children do as they effortlessly learn their native language. This led me to a book called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards, and by following her very easy steps I discovered, to my great amazement, and joy, that I could actually draw! This led to a brief period of artistic fervour as I experimented iwth pencil, colours and eventually paints.

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    1. Peace29 April 2013 at 10:59

      That's very interesting that now you can draw. I think I will have to read this book too.

      I think that we possess many skills, but if any skill is not used for a long time, we will definitely lose it. So, I think when I have to keep practicing not only drawing but everything

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