Intention makes a difference.After leaving HTC, I have been running this studio for about 6 months now, I have to say that was one of the best thing that happen to me these years.
So far I'd worked on two children's book animation projects, one TLC TVC, and two motion videos for National Palace Museum. And now there are two government animation commercials that are in production. In the meantime, I am picking up my handcraft tools again. I setup a crystal design Facebook Club in 2015. On this page, I shared some of my handcrafts and hoped people would buy my arts (and I imaged I could be a full-time handcraft artist. ) But it wasn't easy. I find that it's impossible to make beautiful things when you feel the urge to achieve something. No matter if it's making animation films, composing music or doing handcrafts. If the starting point is about "earning a lot of money" or "becoming successful" or "gaining followers," usually the project would fail. Even it's a finished piece, the outcome would never be great. I am changing my perspective to look at my work, my career and myself. The goal of creating is not about achieving something great, my goal is to create everything with love and passion. The journey of creating can be challenging but it should also be wonderful and meaningful. Intention makes a difference. If I really want to make some efforts to make the world a better place, I have to implant love into every creation from the start. Place the attention on my projects, my thoughts, my mind and even what I speak. Every image, text, sound and object I create will influence the world in some ways. You don't have to be meaningful to everyone. It's true. No one can please every soul on Earth, not even chocolate. I know we all want to do great things and be a great person, we want to be meaningful. Yes, we can be, but not to the whole world. I want to be meaningful to myself first. Making smartphone commercial animation is not meaningful to me, I decided. So I left. I appreciate the process and the experience, but I understood that it's not what I want to do for life, and there is no reason for me to do the same job for another year, not even another day! I decided to look up and step out of the comfort zone. (It was a very nice comfort zone with decent salary and many benefits.) There you are, wild and free. Thanks God, angel, Bodhisattva, Buddha and every spirit in the Universe for helping me making the decision. I will remember to pour my heart into what I create everyday. Keep going.
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