Duane is self-taught, as all
my kids are. He learned by what he saw, felt and experienced himself.
I seldom sat down with my son and imbued in him what art is or what
he ought to be in the future. But I took him to where he could
observe, ponder and work: artists gatherings, movies, playgrounds, my
workplace/office, mountains and seas, downtowns, and I let him
watched me as I pummeled a creasy typewriter to beat my deadlines...
That boy's joy was easy to come by. From a hard day's work coming
home each night, I brought him his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and
piles of scratch papers for him to draw and scrawl on... Those were
enough to ignite a sweet glow of bliss in his eyes. And then we'd sit
either watching the rain as “Stand By Me” played on cassette
recorder, or we'd watch a movie together, all two hours of it, till
we both succumbed to sleep...
NOTE:
It is June 6, his birthday, in the Philippines at this moment. The
Pacific Islands side of Asia is 12 hours ahead of US East Coast time.
CHECK OUT Duane's work at: http://www.behance.net/blackwomb / http://blackwomb.deviantart.com/
or find him (Duane Lucas Pascua) in Facebook
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