Love x Art + Tech x Action / No Talent = No Excuse - IMRAN™ I was just six and a half years old when I realized how absolutely lacking in drawing talent I was. I was in Karachi, where I had moved at age six to live with my maternal grandmother in my parents’ Karachi home. My parents were in remote parts of Punjab early in Dad’s career and there were literally no real schools in some of those areas. It was the Class 5 final exam at Christ The King School, in Karachi, when I caught the measles. So, I had to stay home and try to study thanks to my aunt Parveen being dedicated to the mission she had been given by my mom. She is the one who literally MADE me study…. of course much to my annoyance in those early years when I would have preferred to be watching TV. LOL. My mom’s older sister, late Nasreen, had brought me a paint kit. It had paints and brushes, and there was a painting of a photo of a young girl likely shown in the English countryside. I was supposed to draw the image, and then paint it in. Needless to say, if the girl in the picture was a real person and saw my “painting” of her, she, even as the 6-10 years old she was in the picture, would have had no hesitation stabbing me with the sharp paint brushes that had so clearly exposed my lack of talent. And that lack of ability to drawn and paint has not changed. Fortunately, over the years, photography, writing, music, and other creative outlets kept me satisfied. But, ever since digital tools became available, and every few years when I would buy some paints and supplies on an impulse, I have dabbled, literally, in mixed media and digital art a little. This past holiday weekend I was trying to do as many of the things that are on my 300-items list of To-Dos and interests that I never get time for. But I was determined. And so this masterpiece from the very well-unknown IMRAN formerly (and still) known as non-artist was born around late in the night overlooking Tampa Bay in the dark night. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #art #painting #autobiography #LifeStory #artist #painter #NoTalent #hobbies #DigitalArt #MixedMedia #love #writing #proseLove x Art + Tech x Action / No Talent = No Excuse - IMRAN™ I was just six and a half years old when I realized how absolutely lacking in drawing talent I was. I was in Karachi, where I had moved at age six to live with my maternal grandmother in my parents’ Karachi home. My parents were in remote parts of Punjab early in Dad’s career and there were literally no real schools in some of those areas. It was the Class 5 final exam at Christ The King School, in Karachi, when I caught the measles. So, I had to stay home and try to study thanks to my aunt Parveen being dedicated to the mission she had been given by my mom. She is the one who literally MADE me study…. of course much to my annoyance in those early years when I would have preferred to be watching TV. LOL. My mom’s older sister, late Nasreen, had brought me a paint kit. It had paints and brushes, and there was a painting of a photo of a young girl likely shown in the English countryside. I was supposed to draw the image, and then paint it in. Needless to say, if the girl in the picture was a real person and saw my “painting” of her, she, even as the 6-10 years old she was in the picture, would have had no hesitation stabbing me with the sharp paint brushes that had so clearly exposed my lack of talent. And that lack of ability to drawn and paint has not changed. Fortunately, over the years, photography, writing, music, and other creative outlets kept me satisfied. But, ever since digital tools became available, and every few years when I would buy some paints and supplies on an impulse, I have dabbled, literally, in mixed media and digital art a little. This past holiday weekend I was trying to do as many of the things that are on my 300-items list of To-Dos and interests that I never get time for. But I was determined. And so this masterpiece from the very well-unknown IMRAN formerly (and still) known as non-artist was born around late in the night overlooking Tampa Bay in the dark night. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #art #painting #autobiography #LifeStory #artist #painter #NoTalent #hobbies #DigitalArt #MixedMedia #love #writing #prose

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