I wish I could draw. My Dad is a great drawer. Mum paints great, and I guess draws pretty damn well too. So many people I know draw really well... I can't draw to save my life. My Grandma Coral was a wood burner. We used to have one of her works hanging up in our house when I was a kid. Do you know the poem 'The Desiderata'? It stand for 'desired things' in Latin... anyway, this rather lengthy prose poem was calligraphically burned into a piece of wood, as well as a fantastic drawing of an old broken down cart if I remember rightly... man she could not only draw.. she could draw with a smouldering soldering iron in her firm little grasp. So it can't be that hard then in theory... if my frail little grandma could do it... so could I surely? Nope. I've tried drawing simple still life stuff, going back to high school days. Flowers and vases kinda stuff... I SUCK! Norman Rockwell.... I mean.... right? RigHT? That guy could draw... Yep... a drawing of exceptional realism. If I could draw, this would be the kinda stuff I would want to draw. And you know what? I'm sure there are people even in Australia that can draw in a very realistic way like Norman Rockwell... right? Surely in amongst 21 million we've got someone who can draw realistic yet ever-so-slightly caricatured drawings of people and places in Australia. I'm putting the challenge out there. If you can draw pretty damn well, why not give this style of drawing a go... I can't do it. Luckily I can write songs instead. That's a consolation prize I'm afraid. Wish I could draw. Love Court.
Posted: 2009-06-07 16:07:40Author:admin