Day 16 (16th June 2020) : Someone I miss

In the current scenario I miss everyone. My school friends who I haven't met in a year and my dad. I was supposed to meet all of them this time but couldn't go home because of the airlines being shut.

But this is temporary, a person who I miss a lot is my nanaji. It's been ten years since we lost him. I should say he is one of the main reason I am driven towards my career field.

He was an artist, engaged in screen printing. I have heard that he had great knowledge of colours and designs. He would complete a design accurately by hand which would go miss by the screen printer. I am proud to say I have inherited his creative skill.

I still remember those days when I would visit him during my vacations and he would stock me up with papers, pencils and colours. I never ran out of those. I would sit in one corner and quietly draw whatever I wanted. That was the moment I grew attached to art and that somehow resurfaced few years back and today I am pursuing a career in design and animation.

Whenever I draw something and when I get praises for those pieces, my mom gets emotional. She often says if your grandfather would have been with us today he would have guided you and polished you as a fine artist.

Not just my mom but anyone who sees ny works immediately connect it with my grandfather and say you have truely taken after his skills. It fills me with pride when I hear people say that I have his skills.

I know I can never be as great an artist as him, but I wish I have his blessings and that somewhere he is proud of my work.

If he would have been with me today I would have pestered him to teach me various techniques. But all I can wish for is that he should be proud of the works I make and would make in the future.

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