Inspiration quotes for a manga journey (part 3)
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Inspiration quotes for a manga journey (part 3)
Yup, another inspiration quotes for a manga journey.
Sorry, I still have exams to deal with on the 16 Sept 2009 (Wed), and my current course of study isn’t drawing, but Digital Security Systems, so I can’t be drawing in the midst of preparing my exams. Will post more about drawing when I can get to draw soon.
Let’s carry on…
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? – Albert Einstein
I also feel the very same way like Einstein, many times.
I wonder am I crazy to always follow my dreams.
However I am unapologetic. I do not desire to merely exist to breathe. I rather not live if that happens. All I ask for is a fulfilling life. Fame and fortune may come as a bonus or not.
Therefore, understand that when anyone desires to follow that dream, that very person might have the chance to be called “crazy”. If you don’t want to follow your dreams, you are normal.
Why am I writing all these for?
Mentality is one of the things I am going to write about today. This mental preparation will for any aspiring manga artists or comic artist, or for anyone who wants to follow their dreams.
You see, being a manga artist or a comic artist today is nearly the same as trail blazing a road for others to follow. Like I have said previously in my other posts, in many countries, manga artist or comic artist isn’t a well established profession yet. Many have tried and failed.
As previously said in other posts, this is a test of courage and spirit, and not only a test of talents. Hence, it is necessary for me to know and be sure of how I walk this road with no regrets, lest I become so discouraged with life that I won’t want to live.
Moreover, people who chose this road sets their sights on a fulfilling life, and not about just earning enough bread for mere existence. I have never heard of anyone who wants to be a manga artist or a comic artist because he or she wants to work. Rather, they have a passion to do what they really enjoy, so that work becomes play and fun for them.
“I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.” – Thomas Edison
That’s the way how it should be.
What should you be mentally prepared for if you are trail blazing a road that noone else is walking?
Firstly, expect little to no favours from other people.
I have experienced countless of times of disappointments when people are not for you in your dream. They may say like, “Do you understand you still need to earn your bread for a living?”
It’s not good to fault them for not being able to comprehend your dream; they are not wrong. We need to be practical and realistic while we journey to our destiny. There will be more posts on being practical and realistic while following your dreams.
However, they are not going to live your life. It’s really up to your own belief on what you want to have for life.
Hence, understand that others around you aren’t going to comprehend the same dreams you really desire. Expect little or no help from them in your journey because you will be disappointed if they refuse you their help.
It’s also not a good testimony to play the “victimised” victim, and pull support from them. It’s really ugly to do that.
Instead, face your situations and know that you are not the only one who had walked this road of trail blazing before. Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison are clear examples, and they confessed in their quotes that sometimes it is just plain impossible.
“Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.” -Thomas Edison
Secondly, have like-minded people around you for the marathon.
While being wise and apply the “Know thy self, know thy enemy…” quote from Sun Tzu is important, having a discouraged spirit to apply any strategies or plans are useless; you already lost the fight.
Having like-minded people around you helps to motivate and press on in your journey. Countless times when I was about to give up, somehow knowing that there are like-minded people with me just spurs me on to give another shot.
Therefore, I get involve in comic artist forums or manga artist forums like http://manga-tutorials.com/ , for the sake of finding like-minded people around me to go on my journey.
They are the likely ones who are able and willing to help us if they have travelled a further distance than us. They won’t help us because they pity us; but rather as friends on a similar journey.
Lastly, do not ignore your critics. Weigh them carefully and discard the useless advices, while retain the gems.
Like I said, those who do not comprehend us does not mean they are against us; rather they want us not to end up failing in our endeavors.
They are sometimes also the best ones to have a word of advice for us, because they may have a wider perception of what’s going on in our lives as by-standers, while we may be too absorbed or infatuated in our pursuit of our dreams to notice an iceberg ahead.
For instance, if anyone has a family to support, and yet quits his job to be a manga artist. That guy commits a serious error. Our responsibilities to our family still outweighs our pursuit of our dreams, and we will not be happy when we get what we want at the expense of other people’s happiness.
How then can he pursuit his dreams while maintaining his current job? For him, understand that many professional manga artists or comic artists starts off being an amateur. They practice as amateurs and slowly build their way to become a manga artist or comic artist.
Even for novelists, not many could just sustain their living just by writing; many start off being amateurs and as a hobby. As they build up their hobby, training and building in influence, they only become professionals at the point of success.
Likewise, let us not be too hungry for success and forget our responsibilities. It is real ugly when that happens.
Just remember these 3 points of mental preparations for your own journey to your dreams, and for future posts we will share more in-depth.
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