Climb Those Rungs

The Africans built structures in perfect alignment with the stars and perfect measurements, the Greek's were divers before diving began, while the Mayans read the stars as if they were in them when they were placed; but, I would bet anything, that somewhere in those time spans, someone told the divers and the builders and the astrologers that they should just quit trying and find something better to do with their time. I'm glad they set a good example of not listening for me to follow.

Within the cross-hairs of my mind I see the goal of once again, reaching the President's List while in school. This is reserved for a select few that have reached for the straight A ladder and pulled themselves onto it. In the beginning that was a goal of mine, however, circumstances...to be on the President's List; now I have the ambition once again to reach above and beyond the normal limits of the mere student.

The reason that I am talking about the climbing of the ladder of the President's List is because I have found my creative "mojo" again, and I'm feeling good about the possibilities of the future. Never let it be said that you did not try and you failed, for if you did not try, the only true result would have been failure. Even if I do not believe honestly that I can prevail in any given situation that I come against, I will at least attempt to conquer the unbeatable foe. Watch me climb.

I have been inspired through colleagues at school and family members to reach up toward that ladder and pull myself onto it again. It is a lot of hard work to be able to do this and maintain it. Sometimes it feels as if no one truly understands the goal unless they have been there before, (my opinion). I never understood it myself until I reached it. It's a great feeling to climb those rungs.

Image from; mE. via Adobe Illustrator

Something About the Night

When it comes to getting work completed, there is something about the night time that helps to spark the creative smoldering embers and allows the flame room enough to breathe. It does not matter what is happening at this particular time, because there always blows a small breeze to ignite the kindle that awaits the flame; and when that fire finally burns, watch out for the backlash of sparks that begin to jump around. Anything becomes possible when the creative juices begin to flow.

Create and transform the life of an object into something that you value and enjoy. The beginning is just that...the beginning. The result is what you make from beginning something and completing that something to make life more profound.

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. (unknown)
"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." (James Dean)

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." (Maya Angleou)


Image from; http://ion.podzone.net/ via yahoo images.

How I stay Creative

Creativity...an incredibly difficult thing to capture, but even more difficult is the taming or maintaining of the art. Creativity is an art that many truly enjoy, and yet few complete. In my creative times I adjust to the technique of water by becoming free flowing, maneuverable, and adaptable. This means that when the stumbling block of boredom rears its ugly head, I find a way to use something to wrap my mind around to wiggle out an idea that will eventually lead to something I create.

This is, of course, easier than it sounds. Creativity, I find, is kind of like a growth of bacteria. It starts out small and insignificant until the right conditions occur to allow that growth, (an explosion of brainstorms and manipulators to influence things), to expand. When you begin catching a cold, you don't necessarily understand that you are coming down with a cold, nonetheless, the cold still comes. The harnessing of a talent, is pretty similar by means of the learning process. When a block occurs I don't know right away, but it still occurs.

A goal that I strive for in the creative process is to get the job done, and get it done right. When stumbling blocks happen, instead of fighting through them now, I find a way to get around them because some days the energy that I have to spend on creative processes run a bit low due to school, (you know, the whole burning candle at both end thing). I always try to think of that frog that is being swallowed whole by the stork...but, this picture above, is a good spin on that picture.

Image from: www.stock-channel.net/stock-board/showthread.php3%3fp=1203977; via yahoo images [never give up].

This Is Crazy

Every thing is a blur. I can't think straight, my hands don't type fast enough, and I'm creatively blocked. I believe I am having this block because I have been having so many issues with the Internet. The computer is not doing the things that I want it to do, so I have been getting very frustrated. It drives me into a tizzy. I just want to flip. This is crazy.

It seems that each time I need to get something done, the computer that I am on [at home or at school] begins to act weird. I have resigned myself to accept the ill fated performances that I have been receiving, and in doing so, I feel that I am blocked creatively. Although I am not one to give up, as of late, I have had the entire "world on my shoulders feeling".

I suppose my upcoming projects for class would keep the creative juices flowing, yet, it is still very difficult to separate items that are inter-twined as homework on the computer or any other type of creative homework, (i.e., sketches for story boarding). Because there is more computer homework, especially being an Animation and Video student, whenever there is a problem with a computer that I'm on, there never seems to be an easy way to solve an issue. (Sigh!)

The great thing about it all is that I may have these issues with different computers at school and at home, but I will not allow these small problems to affect me so much that I can't do something. This creative thing is impressive when you get it right, but I still have a long way to go. I won't give up.

Image from: www.mmarocks.pl/2009/08/11/anderson-silva-w-liczbach; via yahoo images.