Define Myself.
It is very interesting that despite my animation career I have stumbled upon the road of writing, and it has in the past few months made me struggle in knowing how to define myself when asked. Even the term "define myself" seems a little melodramatic, but as an ex student who's been asked quite a few times whilst serving coffee's what I do I stumble on how to reply.
I'm not specifically a writer (yet) due to never being formally trained and of course the lack of publishing credentials don't help. Artistically, despite the last six years I've spent training in drawing and animation I only feel now that the drawings and scribbles I do are only really for me to visualize the color or a character I'm trying to portray through words.
In my heart I would like to say that I'm a director without the spine, an artist without the skill and a writer without the credits, so I guess that defines me simply as a "creative". Someone who loves to create things. Things that we can be attached too, even if it's just a sentence you've considered over a cup of tea, or a late night scribble before the nine hour shift you have to work in the following day.
And so, I guess that's what it's like being creative, being a creative and certianlly how it feels to me personally. A professional creative however I'd imagine is another kettle of fish entirely - something I hope that I can stumble upon in my lifetime.
I'm not specifically a writer (yet) due to never being formally trained and of course the lack of publishing credentials don't help. Artistically, despite the last six years I've spent training in drawing and animation I only feel now that the drawings and scribbles I do are only really for me to visualize the color or a character I'm trying to portray through words.
In my heart I would like to say that I'm a director without the spine, an artist without the skill and a writer without the credits, so I guess that defines me simply as a "creative". Someone who loves to create things. Things that we can be attached too, even if it's just a sentence you've considered over a cup of tea, or a late night scribble before the nine hour shift you have to work in the following day.
And so, I guess that's what it's like being creative, being a creative and certianlly how it feels to me personally. A professional creative however I'd imagine is another kettle of fish entirely - something I hope that I can stumble upon in my lifetime.
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