Friday, February 25, 2011 nua-ing

So I basically had very little time due to turn in a submission video(s) for NEYO's upcoming tour, none of my submissions made it but I was still absolutely happy with what i created and really thankful for all the people that helped out in the crazy short amount of time:)

this was something shaun evaristo posted together with his submission video on youtube.
those who knows shaun in some manner would know that he's quite a big name in the dance arena.
he and his team dance with emotions, with groove and well, setting some big trends...

"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through."

— Ira Glass; something juliana shared on fb.
I'm not going through some creative slum at the mo, but it'll come soon, i'm sure.

But just today on my way home, I thought about life in shanghai.
It's been almost a year and part of me is still there.

How life was learning, exploring, expanding, influencing.
I don't hate my life now

It's just that I am unsatisfied and restricted and confined by uncertainties of work, of time, of what I can do, for others, for myself.
At the end of each day, I feel tired after reaching home

I just want to nua~

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Friday, February 25, 2011 nua-ing

So I basically had very little time due to turn in a submission video(s) for NEYO's upcoming tour, none of my submissions made it but I was still absolutely happy with what i created and really thankful for all the people that helped out in the crazy short amount of time:)

"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through."

— Ira Glass; something juliana shared on fb.
I'm not going through some creative slum at the mo, but it'll come soon, i'm sure.

But just today on my way home, I thought about life in shanghai.
It's been almost a year and part of me is still there.

How life was learning, exploring, expanding, influencing.
I don't hate my life now

It's just that I am unsatisfied and restricted and confined by uncertainties of work, of time, of what I can do, for others, for myself.
At the end of each day, I feel tired after reaching home

I just want to nua~

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Friday, February 25, 2011 nua-ing

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