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The speaker is excited about a film assignment and overcomes their fear of perfection to create something unique. They reflect on the challenges of growing up and fitting in, emphasizing that it's okay to be scared and similar to others. They end by quoting a book and expressing a feeling of being alive and infinite in a special moment. When I first heard about this assignment, I was ecstatic. I've always loved film, and I've always wanted to make something of my own, and finally, here is my chance. I wanted this assignment to be absolutely perfect, and I think that need for perfection was at first what caused me to feel so overwhelmed, but once I let that go, it made the process of pulling this all together a thousand times easier, once I really let go of that fear. And it's really helped me get comfortable with messing up, and being happy with what I have, and I'm so grateful I even got the opportunity to do something like this, because in the end, I at least made it my own. Now as I proceed with the final part of this film, just let me be a little bit corny. Growing up is a continuous battle of knowing who you are, and who you want to be. You're constantly being influenced by the people around you, and it can be hard to remember who you are. A big thing I always hear is quote-unquote, stand out, be different, don't fit in, but I think that is total BS. I think it's perfectly fine and expected to fit in, because we are all so much more similar than a lot of people think. We've all at one point been worried about how we look, we all fiddle with our hair, bite our teeth, or tap our foot. Almost everybody hated chemistry, and at the end of the day, we are all a little scared of our future, and that is completely fine. Now finally, in Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Kiboski wrote, I know these will all be stories someday, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all become somebody's mom or dad, but right now, these moments are not stories. This is happening. I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You're alive, and you stand up, and you see the lights on the building, and everything that makes you wonder, and you're listening to that song, and that drive with the people who you love most in this world, and in that moment, I swear, we are infinite. Thank you for watching.