This is not a post about living the dream or about roses and rainbows in a marvelous city ... First I was ecstatic about the whole thing, then I wasn't, then I was again and then I wasn't... And that feeling lasted for a very long time. I always wished I could see other countries before 30 but I never imagined it would come quicker so when I found myself out of the country for the first time last year, I was giddy about starting a new chapter of my life in 2020. It felt surreal, even my family couldn't believe that it was possible, that the world of academia opens doors and this time, it opened one in our home. So January, 14 2020 the journey began, one that would shape my experience and make me look good on paper. But it started off really bad, for my mental health. I felt myself shattering and I couldn't pick up the pieces. I mean, how would I tell my family, my friends, the people that made it possible for me to be there that I
Most questions Artists ask themselves right from the first time they decide to do art is if they have an art style. First off when I started, I didn't know what an art style was, I didn't think I had one even up to this point because I always wanted to incorporate a lot of things at once in my art. Also because I was self taught and most of my art tutorials came and still comes from the internet. I wanted my art to have life, I wanted it to be fashionable, I wanted concept, I wanted it to look like a work hanging in a museum. All these I wanted and more but I didn't give myself time to breathe and actually enjoy painting. So whenever I put out a painting, I saw a million things it could have been so I will end up resenting the art but that art will end up beating my expectations. What am I actually saying? Art styles come naturally, from famous painters like Pablo Picasso, Leonardo Da Vinchi, Henri Matisse down to instagram works of @loisvb, @_picolo , @