And every time I attempted it I failed — There was no correspondence. So my failure as an artist, what you can’t do, I think further propelled me into the art of writing. But now, drawing interests me because having accomplished — but because writing has become easy, to a great extent, the taking up drawing is an entry into what I can’t do. Is an entry into the art of the amateur. And therefore it is discovery — it doesn’t matter if I fail. It doesn’t matter if I am a you know a — type artist. What matters really is that I’m doing it everyday and I’m trying to do it as honestly as I can. And that’s creatively, you know? Not to be complacent about it, but to challenge one’s self.

– Amitava Kumar. From minute 37:07 – 39:27

From Amit Varma’s interview on the Seen and Unseen Podcast. Listen in full below:

Be sure to listen to the Seen and Unseen podcast. I have a feeling soon, it will explode with western audiences.

It must.