Celebrating 200 wishes... - Make-A-Wish Foundation

Make-A-Wish Foundation ® (Singapore) Ltd
As a child, I never drew well.
Wish Children-Art Session
I think I only ever participated
in one drawing competition and
although I thought I captured
what I was supposed to draw. I was
the only one that thought so. The
end result, for all my proud efforts,
I didn’t win any prizes. I naturally
recalled leaving the competition
disappointed, wondering why
the winning piece won (and mine
didn’t) and resigned myself to the
fact that I would never be able to
draw well.
I’ll fast forward to the Hyatt almost three decades later.
How life brings you back one full circle and dreams
become reality.
I conducted an Art session for twenty Wish Children. I
began the session by giving each child a choice of either
drawing a fruit or flower. I also taught them the basics of
drawing with my favourite medium the humble crayon.
With crayons, one can mess about and not go too far
wrong with any drawing. You just simply colour over
any mistakes or from that mess, create something new
altogether.
It was a joy to see the children all take to their
tasks with enthusiasm and laughter. Each of them shone
in their determination and grit to complete their tasks in
the short afternoon at Hyatt’s Eco-garden. Of all of them
I would like to believe that I had the best time, together
with my friends, in coaxing from each child, the magic of
their imagination.
I would like to suggest that drawings represent the child’s
experience of the world. Children use drawings to test
and stabilize their feelings, to think and explore their
surroundings.
Art & Drawings plays an important part in facilitating
learning and going beyond your sphere of experience.
I believe that if children aren’t taught to draw, their
creativity will disappear overtime and I hope I succeeded
in igniting in at least some of the children, a passion for
drawing. I am grateful for Make-A-Wish and my friends
who came along to help, for a wonderful afternoon.
Special Thanks goes to Hyatt’s FORCE volunteers for
their support and allowing us
the use of Hyatt’s ECO-garden
and providing the children
with delicious refreshments.
Generous individuals also
contributed by providing a
special Art goodie bag for each
child.
Koh Tien-Gui
Volunteer Artist
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