31/01/2026
*Artful Life 2026 — January Reflection*
January did not give me 31 finished mini artworks, and that’s perfectly okay. What it gave me instead was something far richer. Over the month, I encountered and experienced well over a hundred works of art, thanks to Singapore Art Week, Into the Modern: Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and an art exhibition by fellow art teachers.
Living intentionally with this month reminded me why I fell in love with it in the first place. Art invites us to pause. Art asks us to think. Art helps us listen more closely to our own inner voices. In a fast-paced world where we are constantly bombarded by stimulation and noise, art quietly gives us our time and our attention back.
I’m not entirely sure where *Artful Life 2026* will lead me. But one thing is clear: it has awakened a deep itch to make art again. And that, in itself, feels like a very good beginning.
*Showing up softly, stepping up one day at a time. •*