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Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 10:17 PM
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Instance 01: Pixar (Went for it months ago but kept forgetting to pen it down) I went to the Pixar exhibition at Science Centre half thinking I'll discover some secret behind Pixar's awe-inspiring films, like maybe they have some amazing software that helps, some unique operating procedure or just you know, something. I think people rather credit another's amazingness to something we ourselves simply cannot have, like a high-tech machine than to credit it to our lack of talent. So I discover no secret, just sketchbookfuls of dedication. There's study on the varying stiffness of fur that runs down Sulley's back (Monsters Inc.), study on how the green leaves yellow (A bug's life).. and so on. Amazing films came out of not-so-amazing hard work and colour studies, basics animation students learn. Instance 02: Will I recall Ps Jeff talking about a Hope lady who decided to fly all the way to the other side of the globe- Chile, to build God's church. And when you talk to such "dedicated and devoted" Christians, out there planting churches, you half-expect to hear amazing stories of God speaking His plans into their lives through... thundering clouds and an audible voice... but it's the ordinariness of their stories... with a heart for a world bigger than their own, that amazes people. Instance 03: Design We tend to idealise the unfamiliar. This certain image of someone we look up to forms easily in our mind. We think s/he's a person who's like that, who probably will/will not do this etc. Then when we see such people and speak to them, that image in our head comes crumbling down, much to our relief. And we find them very... human. Nothing very amazing, but such very amazing work that comes out from them, with the very same software suite sitting on my Dock, and tools spread on my desk. Maybe we can be amazing too ;-) 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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