“For every loss there is a gain, and for every gain there’s a loss” Troy Kelmovitz
Ever wondered how we undermine our own talents? Many times we are brilliant at baking, so good at singing , but because we don’t believe in ourselves we undermine our talents and throw them to the back of our minds, simply because we rather take the easy route in life. This easy route doesn’t make us happy, but because it’s putting money on the table we prefer it. Well… I say do what makes you happy, we only have one life to live, one life to be who we want to be. Follow your dreams or you will spend the rest of your life working for someone else who did!
Here’s a story about a young aspiring artist from Boksburg striving to be the modern day Picasso…
MEET TROY KELMOVITZ …
Q: What did you want to be at the age of 10?
A: At the age of 10 I loved drawing and I was inquisitive about big and awkward buildings. In that I found out about the “architect” I was interested and started reading about an architect’s career and so my dream to be an architect was discovered.
Q: How did you discover your talent?
A: Well by the time I discovered it I didn’t know what talent meant or was. To me at age six drawing “stokmannetjies” in my mom’s new YOU magazines was so much fun and giving the celebs new faces or some shades. Just drawing made me relax, but with that how many times hasn’t a few people just watched their mom or dad bake or cook only once or twice and the next thing you know they mastering the exact same dish after two tries… That’s a gift and talent, but to you it never really is, because many believe that talent is to be the next Cristiano Ronaldo, Steve Jobs or Picasso, but than what was talent to them? So I to was blinded and caught up with the “I’m not good enough” phrase, which is why I discovered I was sitting on my own seed of gold treasure. To maybe, just maybe be ranked amongst today’s Picassos, why not try?
Q: Take me through your journey of becoming an aspiring artist?
A: My dream was to be an architect but as I grew older it just didn’t interest me no more. Just painting and not being restricted pleased me, so in mid-2012 my dad got a business card for art classes – Terry Vorster at Terry’s art studios and since October I have been painting and never found a better passion before.
My first painting was a rose dedicated to my sister, because out of all people she believed and believes in me. The reason I chose a rose is because I want to be the first guy to give her a flower and one forever to set an example of what her husband should be like…
I love music and some jazz at times and that’s what drew my interest in painting these paintings…
What’s not to love about Paris and the Eiffel Tower, especially a sunset of it… Romantic beyond don’t you think…
Q: As a coloured do you now believe that it is possible to achieve your dreams?
A: Yes, it all depends how hard I am willing to work for it, how much I love it and is it my passion. If you not doing, working for what you love are you really living? Can you say with certainty that you are happy? What’s the use of climbing your personal mount Everest, getting to the top and not really feeling the reward, not really being amongst people you want to be around… People remain the same because they fear change, they fear the unknown, they fear challenge and so swimming with the stream is the easiest approach in life, no legend in history ever swam with the stream, all of them swims against the stream and all of them left a legacy. So I encourage you to start investing in your own legacy.
All art/paintings by Troy Kelmovitz 
E-mail address: kelmovitztroy@gmail.com
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