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I think we creative types are drawn to most art-forms.
Isn't there some way to combine the two?.
Seeing you have an artists eyes for colour and composition, I bet your writing must reflect your other talent.
That I have so many friends who are musicians is testament to my obsession with music - I grew up knowing I was almost destined to 'go backstage,' as it were.
Also, some of the lyrics can be as poetry.
Wooden boxes, turned on their sides with the lid propped open, are decorated in the most amazing collages - representing the lives of each artist (from all over the World). They are like miniature 'stages' with tiny lights, and so beautifully created. Hanging by each box is a description of the artist's life, translated into many languages.
If you ever get the chance to go, I would highly recommend it, just wish I'd had the time to read all the life stories....I was in Berlin (2005) for a conference, not a holiday!
Lily
After all, rules are for others, not artists! ;)
Is that the, what some might call, erratic style that differentiates male and female control of four-wheeled vehicles?
I am therefore not afraid of aquaplaning, and have done so quite often without losing the car, zooming around on ice and retaining full control of the vehicle (once stopping from 50Mph in only 200 yards to avoid joining a pileup at a junction over a blind hill), and generally doing the kind of driving that is best left to the professionals ;)
Don't try it at home, kids. It takes practice, practice, and more practice!
When father could teach child "proper" driving skills. My tuition was similar to your own "When you can make a standing start on steep hill without crushing this matchbox" (placed tight behind rear wheel) being a typical challenge.
Present tuition is merely to comply with modern standard examination. Hence use of brakes in preference to engine and gearbox to slow/control vehicle speed required "because vehicles are fitted with dual breaking systems".
Braking during aquaplaning is a really dumb thing to do, and is the root cause of why so many people whose wheels lose contact with the road surface due to sheets of water actually then slide off the road. Hold the steering wheel dead straight, don't brake, don't alter speed, and you're safe as houses.
I hasten to add that deliberately aquaplaning is also a pretty dumb idea. But knowing how to handle your car if you do it by accident (such as on a poorly lit A-road at night) was considered a vital skill by my father :)
With painting, You have your Thumbnail sketch first, working out your composition and colours, with writing also, you have your sketch, your outline of the plot, your characters, where you are going to place them, like compostion in Art, you also have your beginning, eg the sketch, the middle, the drawing and plot. and of course the ending, your finished painting, with everything in its place, and a place for everything, there is a lot more I could say on this but don't want to bore anybody,but for me, painting and writing go hand in hand, they are so alike, if you can see what I mean, they both work the same way, built on a structure, an idea, a plot, a theme, the list goes on and on.
Angie.
I used to own a gallery, and I love to paint. I also worked as a seaside artist last summer at Portland Bill. It was great sitting in the sun, meeting the public, and painting at the same time. If i'm honest though, my heart belongs to writing. It just seems to be the thing I was born to do. OK, so i'm sat indoors at a keyboard, but the worlds I immerse myself in captivate me so much.
milhouse.
At present i'm technicaly homeless and unemployed, and living out of a bag. It contains my only clothes and posessions. Winter is coming and I can't even afford a coat. I have no bank account, no money to put into one, and no identity to speak of. Such is life.
On a lighter note, I began sending out to agents today :) I have a growing confidence in my work, and I'm optomistic. Who knows what lies ahead.
Milhouse.
On on personal note - sounds like you need a big hug. Have a huge virtual one!!
Oh well, I turning it all into success with my new ventures :O)
Gary :O)