It was tough

Recently, those who knew me might have been wondering why is it that I have not been in SL these few days. Well, I sort of felt intimidated by all the great design that those designner have put up on their blog and botique. Their work is so good that I really start to doubt my own capability on making clothes.

Everytime, I sat in front of my computer, I felt reluctant to continue designing and making clothes. I was doing a new gown since I have not try one before but seeing the design of other designner's gown, I just kind of give up really.

I don't feel like doing any design related work nor even want to go to SL and so while I have been slacking these few days, I came across a series of conversation on some website. Part of what it said is these.

student: I sometimes feel down and intimidated after looking at great artworks by great artists. Is this normal?
Teacher: Very normal.

student: Am I the only one who is feeling this way?
Teacher: I was one.

student: Wow. How did you got out of it?
Teacher: By simply changing the way I look at things.

student: It must be hard isn't it? But why do we feel intimidated?
Teacher: We feel that way because we don't see the big picture.

student: What is the 'big picture'?
Teacher: The big picture is that anyone can do anything regardless of age, race or gender. By ignoring this you are ignoring what you're capable of.

Student: Then why I can't do it?
Teacher: You don't have the right mentality yet, it's all in the mind. To say that someone is skilled is actually saying the person is thoughtful. Without a single thought what can you do? With the right thoughts what is there you cannot do?

Prehaps, it is true that they put in lots of thoughts into creating what they have today. Thoughts like, is this colour nice? Is that design suitable and such...

While I have been thinking on these problems these few days, I suddenly realised something. Why is hello kitty, a design so simple would cause such a great pheonema around the world where people wanted to buy them. Why did Tetsuya Nomura, the Director of Kingdom heart wanted to seek out Disney so that he can add in their character into the game? Why add a design that is so simple when you compared it to his own creation.

All these have given me some insight these few days on why Disney can archive success. Since it was a light being shone onto me brightening my path, let me hold on to it and proceed what I was doing and to finish it before July 20.

Thus I have said, so it shall be done.