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Sunday, August 20, 2006
My short lived art-learningPanda goes through the usual educational system here on sunny island, Singapore - Primary to Secondary to Junior College and now, University. Looking back, she has always wanted to do art more than any other subjects and score well in it.
You can say art is the only lesson that she looks forward to (with Chinese being the last on her list). Her greatest story telling doodles can be found in her Sec1 - 4 chinese textbooks; they are splashed all over the places. But like a young mind as hers, she chose to believe in the infamous “art has no future” theory. And she got robbed of a chance to do art in Secondary when her appeal to the princiPAL failed. Soon after that, she missed the boat to Nafa because of moo-lah problem.
So fast forward to Junior College days: she was lucky enough to get into a JC’c AEP (Art Elective Program). The first 3 months of art-learning was great! She for once, did some art work under GOOD teachers (notice how hard it is to land yourself a good teacher) and exposed herself to art history where artists’ names are unpronouncable. Sadly, it was a short lived art-learning journey. She found herself switched to the Geography class after 3 months later, falling for the same theory she had once fallen for.
Still in Geography now that she is in Uni, she wonders where’s the great bright future that she believed to have existed.
None the less, she left behind her proud piece of work during her short stint in JC art classes. Below is Frog in the Drain, a 50 by 50(cm) arcylic on canvas painting. She wouldn’t have been able to produce this without her teacher IC, Mr Lak.
Panda
~ About Us ~
2 strangers met when they were 17 and they had one thing in common that made them click- they didn't like to go home. It didn't take long for both to befriend each other and there they go, starting to spend long hours chatting about almost nothing(or anything) after sucky bland classes. They don't talk about boys like most girls do at their age simply because they weren't interested. They were however, very interested in doodling, sketching, designing etc, anything that produces beautiful stuff (marked 'pass' by their very own stringent standards). But they were(and still are) nonchalant and un-ambitious: They doodle (and throw) and the next day comes.
4 years and 1 day later, Panda got frustrated seeing all the mass produced-commercialized-heavily over priced-BOOootiful (her foot is more beautiful) products gaining so much popularity and sales. Why are everyone donning street wear, buying cards worth only 1/8 of the selling price and yet, (most importantly!), unhappy with all their grand purchases?
She confided to sama sama sentiment Pig and tada! Lightning! Thunder! Acidic rain! They decided to pursue what they've always been dreaming for - a space for their creativity to be unleashed, shared with everyone, anytwo. This is a site in its toothing stage, and they would love to see it grow with your inputs, piece of work, comments, criticisms, or even simply your viewing pleasure.
Watch it grow :D
Yours truly,
Pig & Panda
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