When I studied 11th, amma asked me if I wanted to study architecture. I drew a straight line and she said, “Ok forget it”. Choosing computer science over biology was an easy decision for me, for I was scared of drawing.
Today, as a data scientist building credit strategies, I do critical thinking all day my work day. To my own surprise, the hobby I resorted to unwind is sketching & painting.
I find so much joy in the process of following the tool, spreading the color and drawing patterns. This is the time when I don’t think and just be. I continue to read books and still fond of listening to music as I have always had. However, the calm that I have started experiencing through art is nothing that I have experienced before. Art is my meditation.
This post has the compilation of my works for the Bharathiyar poem, “Naan (I)”.
Of course, from the pictures one can see that I still don’t do straight lines 😉
