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Oct 09, 2008 23:31

i try not to think about it but sometimes i can't escape it. i don't know what i'm doing, or if i'm doing the right thing, or if i'm just a fool. i'm 31 years old and i still don't know what i want to be when i grow up. it was still marginally cute in my 20s but not so much anymore. i guess i've made my decision though and should accept it. i' ( Read more... )

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dammitall October 14 2008, 13:02:40 UTC
I can't believe your muse got bored with "your lack of talent". More likely, depression set in.

I don't think we ever know if we're doing the right thing. I didn't set out to end up here, and unless you're one of the blessed who can turn their passion into a wonderfully lucrative job, you'll be stuck doing something you can tolerate, at best.

The upside of that is, while you're being bored out of your fucking mind, inspiration and creativity hit as a way to take you away for a few minutes. I wrote some of my best stuff at OD while I was avoiding filling someone's order. Now that I'm content, not so much.

You can play small. Satisfy some of that by playing with YouTube or with flash animation. Try to find a camera on Craigslist or at a rummage. You'll learn, if nothing else, and learning is satisfying.

Look at the shit the guys who do Robot Chicken have accomplished, and they're just playing with dolls.

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