"You were the chosen one!"

Here's my first (and probably last) attempt at Kinetic Typography with After Effects. Enjoy!

PS: Star Wars fans will possibly hate this, but...deal with it!

 Honestly,
Andrea.

The Pain of Venus

"The Pain of Venus"
This was my final for Art & Creativity at VFS. It's supposed to be a Dada montage and I got a 10/10!

Perspective

Art by Bruno Dayan.

" "I dislike him."—Why?—"I am not a match for him."—Did any one ever answer so?"

-Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil)

I find that it's natural in human beings to automatically hate a person who can do what you do...but better. Often I find myself wishing for people to fail, wishing them wrong...and why? Because they're more talented than me! And that's as selfish as it gets. I am well aware that those people are actually very nice, but then why do I feel they're doing wrong to me every time something they put my work under a shadow?

It's SO stupid. And I hate when I get like that, but with time I've learned to get me out of that place, and that is: to remember that I might be better at something that this person isn't good at. This might sound as if I'm waiting for revenge or something, but actually, it's more of realizing that you are THAT talented in something else too!

Can you imagine all the people who think the exact same thing about you? Hell, every time somebody says a compliment about my work to my face I'm like: "THANK YOU". Because I honestly forget I'm actually good at something some days! (Thank you, Jacky Yang!). After a while, I've learned to congratulate people when I really like their work, so, in case they feel like me, they feel assured of their talents. Please do help people that way! Either their work or the shirt they're wearing that day, a compliment always makes a person feel better.

This week, a teacher (talking about directors in films) said: "The director has got to be a person who knows a lot". PERIOD. That was it, and I knew how right he was. My main goal is to be a film director one day, but if I want that to happen, it'll take more than what I'm giving right now. So not only am I going to do my best in the projects I know I can do good, but also in the ones that I find it hard to stand out. And if it makes a difference, I'll ask the help of the people I "hate". 


Honestly,
Andrea.

Nietzsche

So...I'm a Nietzsche fan. I might just post images of his quotes from time to time without any description or thought of mine. I don't think he needs introductions :) .