Different skills should be cherished

Now that I havent't been blogging for a while now, the threshold is much bigger than before. Well honestly, I just didn't have much interest in this diary-like blog as much as some other things I've been doing all this time.


...and now I confessed, ugh. Well, my mouth blurts many "frogs" so this could be expected.

Last week I was just wasting time in YouTube and came across this amazing song (japanese Utada Hikaru: Passion). I loved it from the first 20 secs and searched the translation for these japanese lyrics. Luckily I found its music video as well (which is awesome, especially in the beginning!). I'm playing it now in repeat as well.

Music video and lyrics for the song

Inspired by this song and its music video, I've drawn many scribbles. But now I wish I had some skills to make it into a moving figure like in the music vid. That should be easy to do with Photoshop but do I own it: no. Do I even know how to use it: no. Uggghhh.

I always have thought that things like drawing and singing (with I both do so-so) just needs practice after practice. Of course singing is easier if you're not tone-deaf and keep in the rhythm and drawing if you have good eye-hand-communication. Sure that helps too but if you don't practice your skills, they fade away slowly.
I've been drawing the same way since junior high school coz I never had the motivation to practice enough for my little skills to grow. Even now, nearly ten years later I often think: "Now I'm gonna do some practice!" then I start drawing and when the pic isn't as I want it to be, I get so frustrated I just quit after a short while. Sometimes when I see my old sribbles I think: "Maybe with a little eraser, it could be kinda ok.." but then I never do so. I'm starting to think my personality is really weak coz often I notice that I've quit before I got even a good start.

Singing. Oh how I love to sing! It doesn't matter if I'm alone or not. Well of course I sing louder alone ;)
I've been in choir over 10 years, music oriented class the whole junior high, played in four different bands (including one now) so I've had a lot of different perfoming experiences and with it, more confidence.
In the band I'm with now, my singing isn't playing the main role. I'm just singing along with my friend but mainly doing those second voice-thingies when I just make up something to support the melody.

Warning!! Brain fart! :'D

Now I know why I liked the Passion-song! I've the Disney's Fantasia 2000 on VHS and I LOVE the Firebird-piece in it (well, the green lady..) and the Passion MV reminds me of it!

See for yourself!

I should finish my swedish presentation for tomorrow morning so....
Tha-tha-tha-that's all folks!!

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