What skill would you like to learn?
I ‘d like to learn to draw well. I enjoy playing around with drawing but never developed to a level beyond an inexperienced beginner.
To achieve my goal I have purchased a video educational series from The Great Courses program. Hopefully, I can advance using this approach.
My career (medicine) has been very science oriented, although medicine can be said to be an art informed by science. A doctor has to make decisions based on the science, of course, but decisions must also take into account factors not clearly addressed by science.
Examples include: the wishes of the patient, financial concerns, the environment in which the patient lives, what is important to the patient, relationship issues, communication barriers, and so on.
Doing “pure” art would expand my life experience and tap into different elements of my mental and physical capabilities. It seems worthwhile and fun to do during retirement.
We shall see how it goes!
Peter Hartmann, MD
