Thoughts on art as influenced by Neil Gaiman
Art 17 Henderson May 1, 2020 Having not attended a higher school of education was the first hook I felt from Gaiman when reading his commencement address. That was me too, but I didn’t have such a solid direction in mind as Gaiman did when he decides against University. He talks of a direction that he knew, that he would be a writer. What I did know about myself was that art/arts were always attractive to me, that creating form and dimension and fooling the eye was something I wanted to do. This came partly from my mother, who first studied graphic arts and then fine arts and eventually became a full time nurse and a part-time painter. Life has turns in it that come unexpectedly for many and after experiencing a few myself, I didn’t have the drive for school. I had a drive to be independent and learn from life’s lessons, and that is the way I walked back then. Following the passion, as Gaiman has done through his writings, pushed along by no one more than ...