2
In London,/I happened to watch a TV program/about a school for orphans and street children/in Nairobi, Kenya. The children looked unhappy. I suddenly felt an urge to go to Kenya/and paint something for those children.
It wasn’t easy,/but finally in 2006,/I got to Kenya,/found the school,/and was able to paint for the children. I painted an angry dragon. I was happy with it,/but a teacher complained,/“The children are frightened by the dragon. Some of them refuse to come to school.” The children thought/that it was a big snake. They did not know/that dragons are imaginary.
I asked them,/“What would you like me to paint?”
“Lions!” “Baobabs!”
I asked the children to help me,/and we had a lot of fun painting together. According to the teachers,/the children became more active than before.
That was a turning point in my career. Creating happiness through painting/in collaboration with others/is my thing. I made up my mind/to do a painting project every year/in different parts of the world.
In London,/I happened to watch a TV program/about a school for orphans and street children/in Nairobi, Kenya. The children looked unhappy. I suddenly felt an urge to go to Kenya/and paint something for those children.
It wasn’t easy,/but finally in 2006,/I got to Kenya,/found the school,/and was able to paint for the children. I painted an angry dragon. I was happy with it,/but a teacher complained,/“The children are frightened by the dragon. Some of them refuse to come to school.” The children thought/that it was a big snake. They did not know/that dragons are imaginary.
I asked them,/“What would you like me to paint?”
“Lions!” “Baobabs!”
I asked the children to help me,/and we had a lot of fun painting together. According to the teachers,/the children became more active than before.
That was a turning point in my career. Creating happiness through painting/in collaboration with others/is my thing. I made up my mind/to do a painting project every year/in different parts of the world.