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Waking Sleeping Beauty- A Wake Up Call
15 years ago
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Tonight was a night that continued to unravel itself as more inspiring from one moment to the last.
Tonight I went to SCAD Atlanta with my buddy and bromantic life partner
to see the Atlanta viewing of "Waking Sleeping Beauty" A documentary about the second golden age of Disney Animation.
While the film was an inspiration in itself, what kept unraveling was seeing this movie with our former teacher and very good friend Lee Crowe, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971816/ , But having it hosted by Peter Schneider... Even moreso... Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel from The Little Mermaid.
The movie itself went into every reason why things failed, from the beginning to the rise in the nineties and the the events that led to it's eventual deterioration.
But what it concentrated most on was the feeling of the animators. While it explained a lot of what was going on behind the scenes in regards to the corporate world, it described why the animators were working so hard. They, like Amon and I, loved what they did. About the hard work and effort they put into everything, and how it was not only the fact they loved the job, but that they were given the freedom to put their heart into what they did.
At the end of the presentation we had a wonderful Q&A with Both Jodi and Peter, as well as have Jodi sing part of "A Part of your World"
In recent weeks I've become fairly involved in a lot of emotional situations.. ones I feel weren't very needed. Partially on my end becoming fairly dependent on the simple company of those around me, and almost forgoing just that initial drive I had. I missed it quite a bit. Things get in the way... especially if you let them. And what's unfortunate... is how frivolous it all feels once you figure out how much you know that drive means to you.
I encounter people every day, close and not so much who either give up or have given up... People who easily down my drive and my passion for what I do. Seeing this with Alex and Lee, and simply to have that reaffirmed by more people that were there, things most certainly fell into place for me.
You decide the excellence you strive for and you allow no one else to define it for you. You are the only one who can define you, you are the one who allows those around or the fear, or what have you define who you are, or you can be the one that shapes the future before you. There are elements in life we cannot control, but we can control the way react and take on the situation. You let go to the things that don't matter and face them all head on. It's hard to do, but it's worth it.
it's what drove me in school and what helped shaped me as who I am now, and I most certainly look forward to how I can improve that in the future...
Anywho, some photos from the evening.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3709546/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3709556/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3709576/
This was truly an awesome and very special evening.
Tonight I went to SCAD Atlanta with my buddy and bromantic life partner
to see the Atlanta viewing of "Waking Sleeping Beauty" A documentary about the second golden age of Disney Animation. While the film was an inspiration in itself, what kept unraveling was seeing this movie with our former teacher and very good friend Lee Crowe, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971816/ , But having it hosted by Peter Schneider... Even moreso... Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel from The Little Mermaid.
The movie itself went into every reason why things failed, from the beginning to the rise in the nineties and the the events that led to it's eventual deterioration.
But what it concentrated most on was the feeling of the animators. While it explained a lot of what was going on behind the scenes in regards to the corporate world, it described why the animators were working so hard. They, like Amon and I, loved what they did. About the hard work and effort they put into everything, and how it was not only the fact they loved the job, but that they were given the freedom to put their heart into what they did.
At the end of the presentation we had a wonderful Q&A with Both Jodi and Peter, as well as have Jodi sing part of "A Part of your World"
In recent weeks I've become fairly involved in a lot of emotional situations.. ones I feel weren't very needed. Partially on my end becoming fairly dependent on the simple company of those around me, and almost forgoing just that initial drive I had. I missed it quite a bit. Things get in the way... especially if you let them. And what's unfortunate... is how frivolous it all feels once you figure out how much you know that drive means to you.
I encounter people every day, close and not so much who either give up or have given up... People who easily down my drive and my passion for what I do. Seeing this with Alex and Lee, and simply to have that reaffirmed by more people that were there, things most certainly fell into place for me.
You decide the excellence you strive for and you allow no one else to define it for you. You are the only one who can define you, you are the one who allows those around or the fear, or what have you define who you are, or you can be the one that shapes the future before you. There are elements in life we cannot control, but we can control the way react and take on the situation. You let go to the things that don't matter and face them all head on. It's hard to do, but it's worth it.
it's what drove me in school and what helped shaped me as who I am now, and I most certainly look forward to how I can improve that in the future...
Anywho, some photos from the evening.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3709546/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3709556/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3709576/
This was truly an awesome and very special evening.
Just have to wait for it to come out on DVD, whenever that happens.
And I hope you're doing well. :)