When you do something over and over again, you train your body and over time the action becomes automatic. This way you can use your mind less.

当你一次又一次地做某件事时，你会训练你的身体，随着时间的推移，这个动作会变得自动。这样你就可以少用脑子了。

Well, since 2019 I have been painting a lot. But still, every time I start a new painting, I feel at the kindergarten level. My body doesn’t remember how to paint. I find this quite awkward. In my opinion, no matter what the action is, with the repetition comes ease, you are become more skilled. For some reason this doesn’t work in my case.

自2019年以来，我创作了很多绘画作品。但是，每次我开始一幅新画时，我都感觉自己像幼儿园一样。我的身体不记得怎么画画了。我觉得这很奇怪。在我看来，无论是什么动作，随着重复而来的是轻松，你会变得更熟练。出于某种原因，这对我来说不起作用。

I don’t do any meditation or spend hours chanting mantras to achieve a certain state of mind, and I don’t drink alcohol or abuse drugs. I’m very awake and conscious throughout the creative process. But when the work is finished, the memories get erased. Sometimes I do want to replicate some of the artistic effects I’ve created in the past, but I have no idea how I did it. It does feel like someone else was in charge, not me.

我不做任何冥想，也不花几个小时念咒来达到某种精神状态，我也不喝酒或吸毒。在整个创作过程中，我都非常清醒和清醒。但当工作完成后，记忆就会被抹去。有时我确实想复制我过去创造的一些艺术效果，但我不知道我是怎么做到的。感觉就像是别人在负责，而不是我。

I have been asked several times if all the paintings I share were done by the same person…They look so different, they don’t have a specific topic. The answer is yes. But you see, every morning we wake up in a new body. Our cells keep changing, events occur daily. So, yes, the painter is one, and at the same time the painter keeps changing all the time. But there is something in me that doesn’t change.

有人问我好几次，我分享的所有画作是否都是同一个人创作的……它们看起来很不一样，没有特定的主题。答案是肯定的。但你看，每天早上我们醒来时都会有一个新的身体。我们的细胞不断变化，事件每天都在发生。所以，是的，画家是一体的，同时画家一直在变化。但我身上有一些东西是不变的。

In my paintings I see a combination of things. There are things in my daily life that influence my work. My emotions, feelings, ideas and thoughts have direct effect on my creativity. At the same time, there are things that have no direct connection with the “daily me”.  And they are the key to understanding. 

在我的画中，我看到了各种事物的结合。我的日常生活中有一些事情影响着我的工作。我的情绪、感受、想法和想法直接影响着我的创造力。与此同时，还有一些事情与“日常的我”没有直接联系。它们是理解的关键。

Often I paint stories of the past, untold stories. Sometimes I just express certain feelings through images…Joy, happiness, excitement, peace. Faces are extremely important to me. Everything has a face. That’s why there are very few works of mine that don’t have faces.

我经常画过去的故事，不为人知的故事。有时我只是通过图像来表达某些感受…快乐、幸福、兴奋、平静。面孔对我来说极其重要。每件事都有面孔。这就是为什么我的作品很少没有人脸的原因。

Well, many of these faces seem to be childish. But the funny thing is that the most “childish” images are the most profound. They are the ones that can take you to a deeper level.

嗯，这些面孔中的许多看起来都很幼稚。但有趣的是，最“幼稚”的形象是最深刻的。他们可以把你带到更深的层次。

Sometimes I look at a painting with so many creatures and I realize that the smallest one, the tiniest one, the most invisible one is the most important one. Sometimes I keep putting lines and strokes and then realize that I was painting images upside down. I have made very interesting observations about my creative process, and it’s still a mystery to me.

有时我看着一幅有这么多生物的画，我意识到最小的、最小的、最无形的才是最重要的。有时我不停地画线和笔画，然后意识到我在把图像倒过来画。我对自己的创作过程进行了非常有趣的观察，这对我来说仍然是个谜。

I’m an extremely non-commercial artist. I think I won’t be allowed to become one. That’s not why I’m here. Everyone has a purpose and must follow.

我是一个非常非商业性的艺术家。我想我不会被允许成为一个。这不是我来这里的原因。每个人都有自己的目标，必须遵循。

When new ideas come, I’ll share.

当新的想法出现时，我会分享。

A. Kovalenko

Sifu Art AK