Shoot Yourself in the Foot
Posted: June 25th, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Thoughts | No Comments »I often find myself scolding myself about being more responsible with my career path. “Draw more, you’re not advancing quick enough” “Paint more, your losing your skills”, or “Bust out the MIDI keyboard and get back to making electronica before you waste all that money you spent on the MIDI.”
In some deep conversations with a fellow art student I realized that even while you’re not focusing your energies towards a certain path or goal, your other interests can and will feed into later paths or goals. For example guitar. My friend feels torn between his 2d art, his interests in film, and his guitar playing. These are all great interestes and deserve some self respect, even if they aren’t directly linked to, say, making a living off one’s drawings.
Sometimes you’ve just got to slow down and appreciate what you’re doing at the moment. Find value in the things that you enjoy doing. Many times I think I know what direction I want to go in and what it takes to get there. What I fail to realize is how dynamic life is and how the structures I build in my mind can fall apart quite easily. In todays world a broad range of abilities and paths is needed because of the torrent of new possibilities. No moment is ever wasted while one is alive.
Johnny by Nathaniel Haack
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