Should we bother?
We are children of passion. Our lifeline flows from the desire to create something out of nothing. To share a piece of our hearts and minds to people is our offering to a world that cries out for something to believe in. Creation stems from the imagination; it only needs motivation to get it off the ground. And when we do, we pour sweat, blood and tears to make it fly.
It is not an easy task. We are forever faced with every imaginable opposition one could think of. Few could understand, after all, the joy and pleasure of the process. It is a natural high that keeps you going. You start working as a team yet you finish as a family. This family makes the process one of the best environments one could encounter in a lifetime. But some people just won't understand it.
They won't understand why we stay up until sunrise for a shoot. They won't understand why we will spend hours and hours editing. They won't understand why we sweat and work our ass off for someone else's project. They won't understand why we put up with everything that is thrown at us, just to finish that shot. We would forever be labeled as the people who had "no life". They simply won't understand that this is our life.
Do they have a point? Are we simply wasting away our life? It is not the perfect profession, but then again, what is? We will forever be pressured and stressed, this is the life we've chosen. We will not succeed all the time. Or fail, for that matter.
If our desire and passion to create is threatened by someone or something, should we succumb? When everything points to failure, should we still practice the craft that taught us to dream? That taught us to believe in things no one thought possible? Should we still keep reaching for the stars when everyone else seems content with the ground? Should we bother continuing even in the face of defeat?
Dare I say it, more than ever.
It is not an easy task. We are forever faced with every imaginable opposition one could think of. Few could understand, after all, the joy and pleasure of the process. It is a natural high that keeps you going. You start working as a team yet you finish as a family. This family makes the process one of the best environments one could encounter in a lifetime. But some people just won't understand it.
They won't understand why we stay up until sunrise for a shoot. They won't understand why we will spend hours and hours editing. They won't understand why we sweat and work our ass off for someone else's project. They won't understand why we put up with everything that is thrown at us, just to finish that shot. We would forever be labeled as the people who had "no life". They simply won't understand that this is our life.
Do they have a point? Are we simply wasting away our life? It is not the perfect profession, but then again, what is? We will forever be pressured and stressed, this is the life we've chosen. We will not succeed all the time. Or fail, for that matter.
If our desire and passion to create is threatened by someone or something, should we succumb? When everything points to failure, should we still practice the craft that taught us to dream? That taught us to believe in things no one thought possible? Should we still keep reaching for the stars when everyone else seems content with the ground? Should we bother continuing even in the face of defeat?
Dare I say it, more than ever.
posted by Juan Miguel Sevilla at 11:45 AM
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