Living Proof

All my life I have admired those who had an affinity for the arts; people who are free about expressing themselves in unique and colorful ways. I have also been very envious of the successful ones, far and few between, however very possible. “Starving artist” comes to mind and the story of Van Gogh rings through my heart as well as every single person who has wished to be a writer, a painter, a dancer, a singer, a musician - anything beyond the 9-5er tugs on my first instincts, or perhaps my mom’s voice in my head saying, “You can’t make money doing that.” Do we have to settle for less in order to pursue our passions later? Will it be too late once we acquire the means in order to fulfill our true dreams? You can’t say that to many people in this economy and it’s very difficult if someone who has a fair paying job to just quit and start ‘finding themselves’ or start pursuing their passions without a nest egg or two or three. Even with those “successful” artists or even celebrities (act...

Completely and utterly tapped out of anything of importance to say, write or jot down on this blog. As I get older, I find that many things change: body starts to take a whole new form, bigger here, smaller there, bulkier there, with everlasting options of a nip & tuck doctor waiting in the wings. I find that passions for things in life tweak itself somewhat: I used to paint and draw, now I just prefer photography. I use to play guitar for at least 3-5 hours per day, then I found writing. I wrote lyrics and composed songs for hours at a time without realizing how much time had passed by. I used to love to write blogs and articles for the gay and lesbian community, for hours upon hours, until someone had given me deadlines. And now, my current passion is filming and editing videos, however it is seemingly gearing towards the business aspect of it. I’m hoping that my passion for it doesn’t die out just because someone is expecting “good work” out of me. Back in high school I maj...