June 25, 2016. Pencil sketching. 24″ x 36″. 12 hours.

Learning sketching in Taiwan became a big burden to my health. 

I was always striving to minimise the influence of the trips on my work and family and other painting activities. Therefore I used to take the latest or earliest flight. That meaned I would arrive at 3am in the morning and depart at 4am. 

The 3 months weekly Taipei classes resulted in a serious deficit of my sleep and resting time. And it affected my health inevitably. But I tended to ignore it because I hoped to consolidate what I had learned there and could not stop until it was stabilised.

At the end of June I went to Taipei as usual, with lots of hope and determination. But this time I fell sick. Very sick. Really sick. Not able to move from the bed at all. I stayed in the hotel bed for 2 days. Couldn’t attend class. It hurt because I spent so much money and time into it.

Quitting Yim’s studio was not the end for my drawing life. I would practise it in my own studio half year later. Not quitting. I committed. Drawing sculpture would be my lifelong prastise.