_Question:_ What prompted you to paint?

Sri Chinmoy: I do not know. There was no special necessity, it just came from within to paint and I went out and I walked along the street and found a stationery store and from there I got books and materials and I started drawing.

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol.II-3, No.11, 27 November 1976, Vishma Press, New York, 1976
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