How Important is it to Meet an Artist in Person - by Rizwana Mundewadi
How important is it for an artist to meet other artists in person. In the year 2000 when I had first displayed my works in group shows had I met few artists in person, though as I was amateur with my art I did not even talk much, than the usual talk! After a decade visiting the hill station Manali Himanchal Pradesh Roerich Art Gallery it was another new experince in my life, meeting a spiritual artist who was doing symbolic artowrks, "Dhwani, or spiritual sound" was his theme, he had done huge artowrks and it was a treat to my eyes and my soul, though I still do not connect personally to anyone, why i do not know.?why do I become just another viewer and though I like the art but when I move ahead I just forget about it. It is a different genre, different from my journey, different from my thought processes...why do I lead a simple life, think in simple terms, and enjoy in the little things ... Why do people always visit galleries. When I began I was advised to visit gall...