I Can't Do The Same Thing I Did Yesterday

It's A Curse.

Believe me, it's not because I lack discipline. I used to have to practice the piano for two hours a day when I was a child. It's because I have a constant need for original stimuli. I dare to allow that part of my mind to find it's fulfilment.
That's why:

The TV is always on in my house. While I am in the midst of multitasking throughout my day, I like to take a peek at the news or something.

I take a Bike Ride somewhere I haven't been. I need new scenery, I can't stand staring at walls in a fitness club.


I need to perform some original Act of Creation. Be it writing new music, editing a new video piece, or making a blog entry.


It's A Blessing.

For me it's about living your life to the fullest. When I give an idea a couple days before I revisit it, it is fresh again. The new song I wrote will now have been bouncing around in my head and I have a better idea where to go with it. The bike ride gives my imagination some time to wander, but also to scout locations for a possible photo shoot. The fact I am 42 and not burned out as an editor is a testament to my lifestyle, where I deliberately break up the monotony by doing other things.


I travel, see movies, surf the web, read magazines,stimuli, stimuli, stimuli.
All of this new experience is enriching. Working in the world of film and television is a great way of life. When working on a film, the circumstances change everyday. You are moving from location to location, or resetting for a different angle at the same location. TV is all about immediacy. Non-Linear editing enables you to spit out edited pieces as quick as you can digitize it into the computer.

One of the great rewards of pursuing something new all the time, is that you do the things that you would regret not doing later in life. I have a hard time sticking to any 9-to-5 full time routine. I come into work late everyday. I need to burst out of the office over lunchtime to be in the outside world. I've had periods in my life where I didn't have full-time work (like right now), and enjoyed the freedom.




Even though I am new to blogging, I have been writing a journal since I was in high school. Over time, I will post some of these journal entries that help to make these variety of experiences into a more coherent whole.