When someone asks me what inspired me to draw a particular sketch, I usually do not have a clear answer. I peek at the date etched on my drawing and recall what event– personal or public– nudged me to get my pencil on to the paper.
At least, when it comes to my drawings, I do not know what strikes me as sketchable. Perhaps, it’s a combination of a spur-of-the-moment inspiration, a casual conversation, a striking picture, a fleeting experience, or a mysterious vision that grabs hold of me in surprising clarity?
But I must concede that the final work is far from that ineffable vision. For, that vision, like a dream, dissolves when I work towards it and I produce but a poor imitation – quite an anticlimactic denouement.
Anyway, I digress. Allow me to come back to what motivates me to draw. Generally, it’s said that we can unravel the meaning behind a work of art by understanding the person that created it. But I think that this route to deciphering the meaning behind creative work is based on a false assumption – that art is solely a creative expression of the artist.
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