In the beginning

How will you know that a child possesses an eye for an artist? During the journalism seminar that i attended at Baguio, last September 2007, i learned one simple fact that could determine whether a child will be an artist or not. It's as simple as 1-2-3. Check out the last three pages (or two) of one of the child's notebook and there you can see his first few masterpieces. The moment i heard it, memories came flashing in my mind: a sheet of paper full of doodles, a family portrait with a house and a tree, u shaped-faces that have small eyes and big heads, a landscape of rice field with a nipa hut and sun peeking between two mountains, etc. During high school this habit went to a new level. I bought a green apple notebook and filled it with random stuff. Poems, comic drawings, ads?, sketches and doodles. Unfortunately i lost the notebook and bid memories goodbye. Drawing became an instrument for me to express emotions and serve as reminder for me of what events or inspiration that came to me. This is artistry for me.