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I normally don’t take resolutions for I am wise enough to know that it only last for a day. Wise?? or May be I am little too lazy. That “May be” tells me that I am too modest with myself. Its time to be bold and accept that I have been a lazy ass all the while but no regrets…I have enjoyed my life till now and will continue to do so. but will try to get  a  bit organised!!!

Inspired by few of my friends, I decided to take few resolution for this new year. But before that, I tried retrospecting the reasons for failure of most resolutions. I understood that most resolutions revolve around trying to quit / alter some of the habits or our way of living. Some examples of resolutions that fail horribly - quit smoking / drinking, reducing weight, not watching TV, etc, to name few. Now, that’s real hard work, for habits die-hard!

It became clear to me that my resolutions will not be to quit / seize doing something, but to start doing something that I quite like to do, but havent done on a consistent basis. So….this is what I intend to do….

I am going to spend some time quality time on some of my casual hobbies. I am a person who always has had fascination towards visuals and colours. In my school days I used to draw and paint random stuffs. more than I read, I take a deeper look at the painting that come in “Anandha Vikatan” a popular Tamil weekly. I love the works of Ma.Se (Maniam Selvan) for a long time. I had been fortunate enough to attend  his art exhibitions couple of times. Later I developed a taste for so-called abstract art. Most of the times I don’t understand / try to understand the exact meaning. But I like the vibrance and the strokes to these artists, there is a sense of freshness and freedom!! I love the works of MF. Hussain (including his controversial paintings of hindu gods / goddesses). I also like the works of Elayaraja whose paintings cannot be differentiated with photographs (highest degree of realism). Looking at myself, I understand that I just love the art (drawing / paints) and I don’t have a preferred style.

I also take decent snaps. I want to learn photography skills and learn the art of post-processing my paintings as well as photos.

To sum up, my resolutions for this year would be to Paint / draw something once a week. take few decent snaps and learn photo editing tools (photoshop, coreldraw, etc). I will keep posting it on a weekly basis. Hopefully I will get better and better as the year goes by!

occasionally I intend to write (I am not good at that) what I think! I think this is a great platform to do so.

That’s it for now folks. I hope I am able to keep up my resolution! Happy New year

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