A Day Spent at the Penang State Art Gallery.

First time i saw the man playing the Gambus string Instrument it did not dawn on me that he was a Face Book friend of mine and i asked to be his friend simply because i felt that he had what it takes to be a special kind of Artist.  

I alked away after the irst encounter but returned later after having visited the other Workshops being given at the Penang State Art Gallery. And upon my return i stood listening to him play with the kids making music and i noitce a bamboo flute sitting on the table in front of me and decided to join in. It was a blast and i felt twenty years younger and my olf self returned fo a moment through the sound that i was making to his Gambus. 

Meeting with my Face Book friend Kamal Sabran for the first time and what a man!

Sometimes you are brought back to yourself in a more pleasant manner of connections and in that moment you send your heart out inot the world through the music you make. There is no greater art expression than this where you are ble to share your being in the here and now with a handful of people and touched life itself.(within and without).

This young lady who calls 'Cucu Tok Wan of Face Book is another person who i knew when she was doing her practical at MGTF. We could use a few more like her to make this world a more lively place!

El Laila (sp?) she calls herself used to be a staff member at MGTF and another creative as well as energetic individual who is never lack for something to do. MGTF lost a good employee when they let her go.

An art instructor from the Philippines giving art lessons to children.

An instructor from Taiwan who brought wih him stamping blocks which were for printing 'Paper Money' used for the funeral . As i had mentioned earlier in my previous blog, written yesterday sbout how the Chinese have the most expensive funeral rites where they burn money, well today i stumbled upon this gentleman and his printing blocks all the way from Taiwan . Coincidence?

These blocks are carved from wood and the characters on them depicts something like advertisements for banks and actually not bank notes or dollar bills.

Artist from Singapore giving his art lesson to young adults.. He seems to have an air about him which turns me off but that may just be my feeling about Singaporeans for now.

Staf members of the MGTF and the Penang State Art gallery having fun with plastice bottles trying to turn them into art works.

The instructor from Hong Kong and what a lovely lady! I told her that i would visit her in return and give an art class there.

All in all it was not a bad idea to have gotten out of the house this morning. learned a few things and made a few new friends.