A new begining

We all have dreams. Some are small and practicable. While some are far-off visions of worlds we may not even believe we can ever reach. On November the 22, 2004, I fully accepted that I'm going to go chase one of the castles in the sky that I've long dreamed of.

From this moment on, I will treat this dream is if it is 100% certain of happening, and all I have to do is pursue it. I've always felt that if you really believe that you can do something, you will find a way to do it. My ultimate dream? To become an animator with Pixar. Before you ask: Yes, it specifically has to be Pixar. It was this studio that lit the already-present ember. Moreover, the creative environment there is the only one for which I would accept being in the horrid film industry in the first place - except for perhaps Studio Ghibli, and I don't speak Japanese, so that's out.

The steps I plan to use in achieving this dream are:

1. I will take time out of every day to draw. It doesn't matter how bad the drawings are, I will continue even if disgusted by my own lack of facility. It is only through drawing, drawing, drawing what the eye sees that I can improve.
   
2. I will write down my daily progress in this blog to keep myself motivated. If I get the nerve, I'll post scans of my daily drawings here. Be warned that at least my early work will probably be amateurish, ugly, and boring.
   
3. To my daily prayers, I will add a petition that God help me to achieve this desire.
   
4. I will finish my current degree in music. This is a tough one; I really don't want to. But I can't move on until this is done. I'll forever feel that I've left a job uncompleted. It's only one more semester, so it shouldn't seem like such a job to me, but it does.
   
5. I will finish paying off all my college debts.
   
6. After my debts are paid, I will move to Dallas/Ft. Worth and begin investigating my options in enrolling in the Art Institute of Dallas, on the animation track. I expect to be free to be able to do this in 3-5 years.

That's the basic outline of my plan. I'm putting it in writing to cement and clarify my goals to myself. God grant that I may achieve them.