14 May 2009, Posted by Cat in News, 2 Comments. Tagged life
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Thanks for all your replies to my Age of Reason post. If there is a moral here and if be attached to our stories, it must follow that dreams are alluring, malleable beasts and we are at their mercy. I abandoned my childhood dream in my early 20s. I learned through trial and error that I was no good at film making. I hated the process and the sorts of people it attracted. I didn’t have *it* — whatever it was. So I tried my hand at other skills and somehow ended up here. My illusions of grandeur were founded in insecurity. I needed to prove I was as good as other folks. And now? Now I just want to be good at what I do. Other folks no longer figure in the equation. Its all about me and what value I can add to the world.
I’m off to Melbourne at the crack of dawn. Am taking my camera. There will be Eurovision party photos!
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May 15, 2009 12:01 am
murasaki_1966
Congratulations. You have courage. Let me explain. It takes courage to realize that you don’t have the talent to do the thing you want. You can practice and practice, but at some point you realise you just don’t have that extra something that will get you there. So you reevaluate and work out what you do well. Somewhere in my twenties I worked out that I was not a good artist, and it would only ever be for fun. I don’t have the hunger or the drive to do it or, really, the imagination to do art at that level. So the picture book never happened. However, I am a kick-arse craftswoman and I bake great cakes (even if I say so myself). However, I may just suck at glass bead making.
May 15, 2009 4:42 am
doctor_k_
Can’t wait for Eurovision!!
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