Metamorphosis & Choices

The day before, while attempting to reorder my bedroom, I have neatly boxed my life as a painter, to create space for my new life. Okay, let me clear something up. I do not WORK as a painter. Painting was somewhat of a hobby combined with taking classes in university in hopes of making it a part time job.

But it was something that defined me all my life, from a little child. I always thought I’d end up writing, and drawing one day. It’s my relaxation, my identity of sorts.

I haven’t touched a brush in 2 years, and felt guilty all the while, for letting life get in the way. On the back of my mind I waited for the time when I will get back to it. The boxes of pastels and watercolors stayed on obvious shelf right next to my bed, the vase with brushes and the wood drawing dummy right next to them. It was always on a close spot so that I can get right on with it.

But I don’t.

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Fireworks: Make a WISH. Take a CHANCE.

pic from: http://jmyerswritingblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/song-of-day-firework-katy-perry.html

Just the other day someone I know pointed out writer may not be the best carreer choice for me. “Why not start your own business,” he pointed out, “or become a politician. It will be easier.” I looked at him stunned, for one thing, because of all arguments he had come up with for why it will be hard for me to be a writer, and for another because it kept surprizing me how little chances people were ready to take once they seemed a bit harder or inconvenient. I guess the deeper truth was that I could never understand basing your carreer on convenience over passion.
So I would have to have another job for indefinite period of time, to support my writer’s career, so what? I am getting a Bachelor degree in Journalism in a year for that very purpose. So not as many people read anymore, so what? So it will be hard, again, so what? What are you looking for? The easy way around? And what is it about Business that in any way makes it easier, except that is more wide-spread?

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For Writers: Six by Six

image from: http://daily-potter.com/

Hey guys, so this is my suggestion for two really great, percise websites that can contribute to any writer, and anyone who just like to occasionaly jot down some lines. Not all great stories are long, not all long stories are great. Trying yourself in the micro-fiction field can be a great way to train your creativity and explore your writing skills.

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Letters to No One (p.3)

Hey there,

to all of you out there who has had your moments of doubt or pain or anger…I’ve had mine too, even in my best times. Sometimes we spend so much time feeling those feelings without realising being mad at someone hurts more ourselves. It’s okay to feel like that, and sometimes it’s even necessary.

But we have to realise that at some moment it’s good to let go of such feelings and redirect our energy to something else. So this is what I’m doing. When I finally find myself letting go of a bad situation, I write poems or songs or fiction, or I draw.

Everyone has their own way, and mine is different according to the occasion. It’s not always a good expression, not always my best poem or the best thing I have drawn…it’s more of an outlet, a way of expression.

After realising there are things or people in our lives we can’t always change, but we have to find a way to move on regardless, this is what I did. It might be a song or a poem, good or bad one, or in the middle, but either way it helps.

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