The Joke is in German

I was out friday night with friends, and I very rarely go out since we are here. While we were there, a lot of interesting discussions came up. This group was as international as it gets, and we all had to speak our second if not third language to understand the action or just order a beer. It was a lot of fun! We ended up in the train on the way back and two people had disappeared from the group..! Other than that, perfect evening.

I had my drawing book by me, but the most recent one, with almost nothing in it. I thought I had brought the old one. Not that I draw when people are around, but because I draw when waiting for people, and I'm almost always the first one to arrive. So I sat there and drew. I drew homeless people I had seen on a tube, two french ladies gossiping, and an angry bearded guy. A very Berlinian sample I'd say.

I always get a bit nervous when people ask about my job, at least I used to. People think that being able to draw is a 'gift'. Something that was given to you upon birth. The idea is funny. Seriously though, with arts in general, if people get to believe you just 'have it', that it looks too easy, then you're generally very good at what you do and have exercised it for countless hours. I'm really not there yet. I failed 10 times at making a thinking pose. That's how it is, erase and try again until you have it. I think most people are just ashamed of trying and failing when it comes to drawing. I have some horrible drawings in my book too.. I'm sure other artists too...

That said I definitely need to keep drawing, I think I'm also improving.. I also need new glasses. By the way the joke was that a friend of ours didn't know the meaning of the word ''kitsch''. She's from Ukraine and speaks russian so none of us could help in that language. We tried to explain it in german (there's too much to see... or baroque for example...) and then she looked at us a bit shocked and asked; ''But baroque and rosettes and grapes are nice! Why do you say that as if kitsch was a bad thing?!''

Incredible considering the amount of kitsch the russians have in their culture, apparently the word kitsch didn't make it in russian. If it did than please by any mean let me know! haha

Have a nice week!