Aia de Leon of Imago
Have you ever felt not doing something because you are waiting for inspiration to strike you? Personally, writing this blog has been on my mind for months now but it was delayed for some reasons. See below:
1. I am afraid of typos and grammar errors. I feel I should write blog posts once I reach a pinnacle of expertise in writing (which will never happen, by the way).
2. I want my own site and I think when I have my own url then I will begin to write.
3. I am compiling some really good ideas which eventually escaped my mind afterwards.
4. I am waiting for inspiration to strike.
Now, thanks to two people whom I have heard these past few days that I decided to finally grab my pen and scribble down ideas for an article. And after a long hiatus I present you the first topic I wanted to share this 2013.
Why do we delay creativity? Or on much simpler thought, why do people procastinate doing things they love the most?
To me one of the major cause of people delaying doing things they love is FEAR. I remember when I was a kid on our art class. I was afraid to show my artwork to the class because I know there is someone in the group who is a lot better than me. My highschool days were not exempted. I love to sketch and I do not show my artwork to just anyone. Why? Because there is someone whose artwork I really admire and I am afraid that he’ll learn about my sketches. I think I share this kind of feeling to a lot of people. We are afraid great people who are expert in the craft we love the most might look down at us. That feeling of “you have not done a great job” to make your work at-par with that “great” someone.
Fear brought forth by comparison is a trap. Developing skills in our chosen craft takes time. I believe everyone is talented it is just that people do not take enough courage to take the first step and start workin on those talent(s). One should take comments and feedbacks as fuel for him/her to work even harder. Segregate the words that come out from people who review your work. There will always be people who loves to give you diabetes on their comments. There are some who will never find good things on what you are doing. These kind of people would often suggest that you try what other people are doing. They will never ran out of names (“bat di mo gayahin si ______ ang ganda ng gawa nya, nakita mo na ba yung gawa ni ____”). Don’t listen to the crap these people are saying including the other group of guys who sugarcoats what they say.
There will always be a better neighbor, one pastor said. And to me this statement is true. The only guy whom you should always compare to is nothing but yourself.
Stop procastinating. Stop comparing. Get to work! Who cares if you screw up today. There will always be room for improvement and people should always and constantly work on it. Make some beautiful mistakes.
So without much further delay. I am back online and I hope I can constantly put down my ideas into this tiny space.
Never mind my typo or grammar error. I will not change them (I am lazy). And my version of Microsoft Word doesn’t have a spell or grammar check (another excuse). Lucky me.
“Mas malakas kaysa kahapon”
Rock Lee
