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My cousin likes art, and he says drawing gives him energy after work.我表弟喜欢「艺术」，他说画画能在下班后给他「精力」。 Every evening he sits at his desk with a pencil.每天傍晚，他都坐在书桌前，手里拿着一支铅笔。 He draws simple things: a cup, a chair, or his old desk.他画的东西很简单：一只杯子、一把椅子，或者他那张旧书桌。 Last week he asked me to join him.上周，他叫我一起画。

I said I had no reason to draw.我说我实在「没有理由」画画。 "I am not an artist," I told him.我对他说：「我不是「艺术家」。」 He laughed and said that was not a reasonable excuse.他笑了，说这算不上一个「合理的」借口。 He put a paper in front of me.他把一张纸放在我面前。 He got it at a discount at the counter.那张纸是他在「收银台」按「折扣」价买来的。

Our subject was an apple on the table.我们要画的「对象」是桌上的一只苹果。 He said art is not only about skill.他说，艺术不只关乎技巧。 It is also about how you see a thing.它也关乎你怎样看一样东西。 Taste is subjective, so no drawing is wrong.品味是「主观的」，所以没有哪幅画是错的。

That simple idea made me feel much better.这个简单的想法让我心里舒服多了。 My first line was really bad, but he did not mind at all.我的第一笔很糟，但他一点也不介意。 Now I try to draw something artistic every weekend.现在，每个周末我都会试着画点有「艺术感的」东西。