Intro

I am new to this Platform and Community and this is the first time I have participated in a contest. Thanks @anomadsoul for organizing. encourage people to engage in steemit by producing original, cool and authentic content.

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What is my Hobby?

I always love to draw with simple concepts, and sometimes simple things that make me a little more creative. I do not really like drawing scenery, the corners of the city, I tend to prefer to draw people. The reason I am drawing a human because it is one of God's creatures in the hearts and feelings that can have expression. Since I like to draw a simple one, I finally chose to draw myself. How did this simple expression of creativity can gift my life more meaningful? Keep on reading to find out!

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How can Art make my life more Meaningful?

Until now I do not feel myself this is an artist, because all this time I feel I have never made a work of art that is very interesting to see others. Moreover, when I was a student I took a visual communication design course, I could say I was just a graphic designer. And I always feel inferior when I see the artwork of my friends are very beautiful and cool. Sometimes trivial things like this lead me to stress and depression. But I am lucky to live in the environment of my friends who live with art, so they also always give support and encouragement so I continue to work and do not despair. This is where I begin to feel the soul of art begin to flow to give new colors and breath for my ordinary life. By continuing to work also finally all the negative things I can get rid of slowly.

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Got directions!

Until one afternoon when I was too tired after work, I sat in the corner of my room with a cup of hot coffee. I'm still looking for an image idea with a theme moreover that I will make to continue my artistic spirit that was then teasing will tidy dead. And accidentally my mind said; why not just picture any thing that I'm currently feeling? Or what am I doing? It does not seem like a bad idea. Besides in this way also I will not run out of ideas and clearly this kind of activity can bring a positive impact for myself.

Oh idea where are you? - When bored and deadlocked looking for ideas even though I have been thinking for hours.

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And there is usually a habit that I usually do to eliminate fatigue after a day of activity. I love to play music, but I never talked about this to my friends because I was embarrassed. I always thought they must be better than me. So to tell them indirectly that I love playing piano, guitar, violin I will make a picture telling me that I like to do that. The point of drawing is my mediation of conveying a message to my nearest or other person about the thing I am experiencing, I feel, I like or dislike indirectly without me having to be embarrassed to start a conversation before them about it.

Then when there are some friends who see my art like this, they usually ask; June did you like playing music too?
Waaah .. Violin, why do not you ever give me if you like to play violin? At least I can study with you June!

I was very grateful for the encouragement from my friend and to this day, I am very thankful for the inspiration God was able to provide me. Sometimes a simple phrase like that can help a person through his bad times.

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Sometimes in addition to drawing, I also like to make some simple animated gifs about the activities I'm doing as well. But usually I make them on holidays or weekends because I have a lot of time unlike the usual days that have to race with time for my work.

I really love my life that I descend to my hobby!

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What is the reason I really like art?

This question I once got from the examiner lecturer when I was finishing my final assignment. To me art is a soul God has given me. Art is an inner intake that can give serenity when I start doing it. Every pencil scratch in sketching is a new experience in an infinite world of imagination. And every brush-painted stroke is a soul that fills the dimly-lit soul into a brightly decorated variety of beautiful colors. I can never get away from all these instruments, because art is the most beautiful grace I ever had.

For this reason, at the end of 2016 I finally completed my final assignment by joining an illustration art exhibition in collaboration with my friends on the theme of "My Goals". In this exhibition I took the role of a sketch. Because illustration is part of my process to become like now. Being a person who can speak my mind as a self confidence and as a critique for my life itself, looking at this illustration remembering me how i see my life at that time, and make me learn how to see from different perspective, different time, different condition, and different person. I do not know if someday I will become a professional artist, but I will continue this art journey till the end of my life. This is a way for me to appreciate the good things around me and show others about life and the world through my eyes. This is something I never imagined before, it just flowed by. I just wanted to show my world of love and compassion for all the amazing things I've seen during my life's journey.

Thank you very much I say for you who have time to read this post. I wish there was no one who was not confident with anything he did during his life as long as it did not hurt and harm others. By sharing finally I met happiness. As Alexandre Supertramp says "Happines pnly real when Shared" and I'm not arguing this quote because I've felt it, it's just my way to share it through this hobby. Hopefully this post can provide benefits for us all. And once again I say thank you to @anomadsoul that has inspired me to write about the thing that has been a scourge for me. And I'm interested to know what interest in your life, please give the answer with love I will read it :)

Jakarta, 27 March 2018