sprezzatura.

Prompt: The world is powered by passionate people, powerful ideas, and fearless action. What’s one strong belief you possess that isn’t shared by your closest friends or family? What inspires this belief, and what have you done to actively live it?

(Author: Buster Benson)

I know that I’m a very passionate person and can occasionally have a powerful idea or two. I often get tripped up on the action side because I become concerned by logistics. “How will I keep a decent roof over my head if I pursue my passions?” “Los Angeles is expensive. How will I get by? Maybe I should move.”

As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned to let go of fear and work on my passions on the side. I do it humbly and without fear of failure or expectation of reward. Sure it’s safe and not as immersive as I’d like it to be, but it allows me to provide for myself. It also provides a kind of sense of purpose, identity, and possible opportunity for making a stronger contribution to society down the road. As opposed to just falling in line.

One very strong belief I’ve always had is believing in the possibilities. I retain a unwavering, blissful, and perhaps ignorant view that one can live beyond their wildest dreams by being open to the possibilities.

TO PAGE 2 of "The #Trust30 Challenge – Day 3" ----->

I’ve decided to take the 30 day trust challenge in celebration of the famed essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson on self-reliance. Each day, I’ll attempt to write a post based on a prompt released daily in the month of June.

Note: I’m joining the challenge a day late, so there is no post for Day 1.

Today’s prompt:

“If ‘the voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks,’ then it is more genuine to be present today than to recount yesterdays. How would you describe today using only one sentence? Tell today’s sentence to one other person. Repeat each day.”

(Author: Liz Danzico)

Response:

Today is a fighting undercurrent of the things we live for and that in which we believe in.

Over the holiday weekend, I finally gave myself a chance to dig through a bunch of old materials from college and grad school. I discovered all kinds of art projects I had totally forgotten about!

Here’s a video piece I created in grad school. It’s one of the very first that pretty much taught me the basics of Final Cut Pro and After Effects.

I’m quite amused watching it all these years later (especially by the part with the flashing eyes!).

I recall having a lot of fun shooting and cutting up the assets for this, but I’m not sure why I decided on such a weird aspect-ratio.

I was clearly quite the rebel all the way back in 2002.