Sometimes we lose sight of our goals, as we get older they change and grow for the better or the worse, when you're a kid you wanna be a doctor, lawyer etc. Funnily enough I've always wanted to be an artist or in the arts, I've always known that THIS what I'm doin or working towards doing right now is what I wanted to do, maybe not exactly ( can't rememeber that far back, lol) but I know it's in the general area. Funny enough I can't remember when I made the decision, any of my decisions that lead me up to this point, it seems more like a gradual progression that a calculated growth.
As a kid I liked to draw and I liked cartoons as do most kids, saw akria when I was like 12 on sci fi, and then I was like hell yes, I love animation and from then on I've immersed myself in the art form I consider to be japanese animation, started drawing and conceptualisng ideas and worlds based on the premise that I knew at that age, then I saw james hackett's work in vox magazine and a light came on in my head telling me that I don't need to leave this country to pursue what I wanna do, at the time I was pursuing a field in graphics, forgoing school work and only focusing on that single minded pursuit.
Went to the first Animae Caribe a couple years later in 2002 and a ray of hope of actually pursuing animation in trinidad was becoming a reality which was only realized 7 years later at UTT by the hard work of Camille Abrahams,( love this woman :p)
During the program, yea there was ups and downs but I think it really helped me to narrow my focus and made me realize the person that I am and have to be, being around like minded people that shared your passions is such a driving force and I will never regret meeting them, and now we working towards building a company with our passions being the driving force.
As much as this was a diarrhea of the mind looking back I don't think I ever made a concious decision to do anything in my life, I always felt like this is what I have to do, (thanks god for having supportive parents ) and that's why I feel so strongly about certain things. This is not something I picked up, this is a passion for me, a life and I intend to pursue it hard without looking back.
yeah man we really need to thank god for supportive parents cause without that belief in us and what we want to accomplish would have been rough.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a while to get going man but it's great that I played a small part in giving you the inspiration to do what you do!
ReplyDeleteKeep on going, doing great so far