"Pariah"

I'd like to start from the description of the drawing. In fact it is done on A3 size of paper, so it's quite small. It depicts a small boy who is doing two things: either he is laughing or drinking water in his palms. I did the drawing from a calendar about children. It reminds me of an Indian child therefore I called it "Pariah". The colours are warm, sunny, suntanned.

Now, about a film which I saw yesterday. I was waiting for it quite a long time. The title is "Paradise Found" and it is about the life of Gauguin. What I like about such films is that they show the figure of the painter himself and their scenery is connected somehow with the artist's paintings (I mean the colours). You can see a good example of it in the film "Frida" produced by S. Hayek who is also starring in it. What captured my attention was that Gauguin was not understood by the people of his epoch. They laughed him off, picking on his 'pink dogs", striking and ripe colours. He was thrown away by his wife who called him "amatour". Only he knew what his aim was. What is curious about Gauguin is that he gave up his prosperous job on the Stock Exchange to follow his vague and blurry impression, something he knew, won't give him any profits (at least in the beginning). What leads him in his journey throughout his lifetime was the words of Pissaro- his friend and one of his teachers: "You have a talent". In the film the person of Pissaro impacts Gauguin a lot and his words sink in my mind. Here are they:

"Whatever you do, never give up",

"If an artist has a vision and struggles to achieve it, he will finally achieve a success."

"The artist changes the universe with his art."

His words bring consolation to those who experience failure too many times, though they keep on trying. After the film I was envigorating. I realized that no matter what people say about you work, it's important to be though, and stubborn in reaching your goal. In reality, if people see a success they will start praising you for what you are doing.

Have a nice watching, Ela.