Creating a Masterpiece
[Submitted by Aditya Kumar S.,
CA Final student,
Bangalore, Karnataka]
September 25, 2009
It was a Sunday afternoon, and I went to pick up a book in my home library. Mona Lisa’s painting, of course not the original, with her captivating smile hanged over my bookshelf looking at assortment of literature. My shelf is filled with all sorts of books from Company Law, Richard Bach’s Out of My Mind and to Ayn Ryand’s Fountainhead. Mona Lisa’s smile in the picture and the photos of the authors on the cover page of the books, were equally lively to me. It did convey something to me. Instead of picking up Company Law book I started writing this article.
What’s the common thing between an artist who brings paintings to life, and a professional who gives amazing and insightful views on the subject? An art admirer gazes at the painting for hours and a reader of a book is engrossed in the subject for hours reading it. Both the artist and the author are remembered for generations to come. What’s the secret of people being awe struck at the work?
The painting of Mona Lisa is admired by people world over. My old Company Law book is referred by every company law professional. What’s the difference? Only the subject they dealt with. In no stretch of imagination Mona Lisa’s painting and Company Law book can be compared, they are in two different worlds. Yet, I find there is a connection. They both are master pieces created by wonderful artists, in their own right, who had the fervour, commitment, and a vision.
That’s called signature style of working. That’s called master piece which is a class apart.
To make the world a beautiful place to live we need much more artworks in different fields. For whom future is not tomorrow but generations to come. For whom work is not work but an art. And for who age, time and energy is no barrier. Their reputation outlives their life. They live with their passion and the future rewards them.
Of all the works of an artist, one masterpiece, just one is all it takes to catapault from a mediocrity to excellency. One masterpiece is all that made Leonardo da Vinci and Ramaiah, the author of Company Law book I have, to demonstrate their class and passion.
Imagine our world full of artists and we are living in a world full of art crafts, not in literal sense. How beautiful our life would be? Our world would be a big and beautiful place if at least some of us try to make at least one work of ours a masterpiece.
Can we try? One masterpiece and we will be known to the rest of the world for generations to come.
