Christine ZirneklisArt & Arc 10 Professor Winters9 October 2009Why Do I Do What I Do?I am a chronic optimist. A friend, a sister, a daughter.Creating, laughing, singing, acting.I try to capture the light and darkness and color of life in words and pictures and action.Sometimes, I start to feel everything slipping away. And I quickly try to save everything before it's forgotten and ceases to exist in memory. I want love, laughter and adventure to permeate my existence. And I try to make that happen every day. Or at least I try to try. I act for fun, and sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be able to separate the actor from the essence that is me, whatever that was, or is, or will be.I go into nature to hear the silence of the earth, to connect to something deep inside of me that sometimes gets lost in all the noise of the world. I stop. I breathe. I involve myself in the reality of just existing for a few moments. I remind myself that this is life. I travel in order to get a bigger picture of the world. I know mine is limited by virtue of having grown up sheltered, and I want to know about the world; I try to understand and feel that universal connection with humanity—and try to figure out how to put it all in perspective.I am a sarcastic person, a comic, at times (if I happen to be lucky and someone laughs). I sometimes say things in those ways because I can think of nothing better (of substance) to say.. But mostly, I do what I do because I can; because I record and react and try to still be original, try to be actively involved in the world and discover me. The legitimate me.Why do I do what I do?Why not?
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