Craftsmanship

 Creativity is genetic.

Papa Lau comes from a family of art. That is so real. He loves to draw, create and build. He can build buildings and he is also into crafting. Many a time you will find him sawing, nailing and creating. Last weekend he spent hours doing stuff that a real man does. I believe he enjoyed every moment of the afternoon while his wife and daughter were busy scouring the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

 Before we girls left for town, he had that piece of wood under his capable hands and I wondered what he was up to.

 Very soon, I saw a piece of art coming into shape.

When we came home later in the evening we saw the beautiful piece proudly placed at a corner of the house. That's a beautiful table, isn't it? Papa Lau saved many hundreds just in an afternoon.

How many men in these days can create this as a hobby? Not many, I am sure.

Rare species.

 Rarer still is to find the fairer sex wanting to nail and hit.

But it's true. Esther is so her father's daughter. She also loves to do what papa does.

When people throw away palettes of wood, she picks them up and creates.

 The craftsman's daughter surely does her father proud too.

Esther created a coffee table to save money too.

What similarities.

What more can a man want in the fairer sex ?

 Like papa, Esther loves to draw. 

During her undergraduate days, when she came home for her breaks, she created many pieces.

Both would then ponder and consider over the art and improve.

This piece has since been framed and now is hung at the stairways .

 While papa and Esther loves to paint, draw and build, Sara is also genetically creative.

Having picked up the art of baking on her own, Sara bakes pretty well. Somehow, cakes and biscuits taste good and you crave for more after a first bite. I wonder what her secret is.

 Mint cup cakes are quite easily done but  the taste is not easily forgotten though.

Her Oreo choc cup cakes are well concocted and are yummy.

Her butter cup cakes melt in your mouth.

So, now you tend to believe that creativity is genetic?

It really runs in the Lau home.

 

When we were clearing the house last week, I picked up two patch work done by both of them some years ago. I remembered Esther making that mouse deer on the left as a parting gift for me before she left for Melbourne. Sara took up the challenge of creating another one too. Both are different but definitely similar in the motive. They both are creative. I threw away many things in a move but I simply could not throw away the above. I keep them in my room and still love to keep them because they remind me of the innate art in them.

They are their father's daughters.

Creativity is indeed genetic.

The Lau girls  are creative.