4 Life Lessons You Can Learn from Doing ART

Hello again :)

My last posts have negative vibes, so I think I should write something positive today.

I may not be a super artsy person, but I love art. I have been falling in love in drawing and doodling since I was a little kid. In the junior high school, I joined manga course. The reasons are simple. I love reading manga (until now) and I'm not good at colouring. In senior high school, I became a member of school theater group. Since my high school is an all-girls school, I always got roles as man like a gangster even caveman. Then in university, I took a part as Soprano in my university's student choir. I didn't really like choir before, but now I fall for it. I even experience some competition with my choir. 

Okay, enough the bridging. 

What I really want to tell you is some life lessons I learned from art. 

Here they are!

you can be anything

It sounds cheesy but really, you can be anything. In theater play, I can be anything I want like a flirtatious young girl or a Roman soldier. It's just about mindset. I am what I think. 

discipline and commitment 

Theater and Choir require practices. Tired of hearing "practice makes perfect"? Yes. Me too. Eventhough, I should admit that it's true. The thing is we can do something because we used to do that, not because we are born an expert. You don't think we are born an expert in walking, right? We are born know nothing but we learn to walk. We do it everyday until we used to it. But practice is hard. That's why we need to be discipline. That's also why a great commitment is needed.

lowering your ego

If an actor act greatly on his/her own without interact with another actors, the play wouldn't be fun to watch. Even if they are amazing singers or actors. We all have ego. It's natural. We want the world runs as our wish. The truth is we can't do that. When we work with a lot of people, with their own egos, we have to be tolerant. If a single singer's voice in choir stand out, the song wouldn't be good to hear and harmonious. 

listening is the key

To produce a harmonious voice, choristers should listen to each others. Sometimes we are to busy with our opinion. We are busy talking and complaining. We got headache because we are busy thinking on our own. Maybe we should stop talking and start listening other people. Maybe they have some great ideas those would solve our problems.