Motivation is a wonderful capacity. It's sort of a process of the mind in which your brain urges you on to take action towards, or in my case create, things. Be it a project, a menial chore or a step forwards, motivation helps in all these cases. However, as motivation can be wonderful, the lack of it can and is one hell of a nuisance.
To people like me, a person who have many things that interests him, the lack of motivation is a curse. Projects gather up, projects that seemingly interests him an equal deal. As projects gather up and none of them seem to have any kind of progression, that is when the lack of motivation is truly weighted down. Every project concerns a different and seemingly equally important part of his life.
Be it for his own good, his future, his leisure, his code of life or something completely different, the lack of motivation (which by now has become quite weightful, taking the various projects that lie on top of it into consideration) is like an anvil, pressing down on the torso of a person, getting heavier second by second.
Some people might see the multiple interests and the creative mind that creates all these projects as a gift to this person, and it might actually be so, but with the lack of motivation there, it becomes this heavy anvil of stressful pressure. Will he ever get even one project completed and pushed into the light of the world? Or will they all just be crushed to pieces along with the bones beneath the anvil?
Luckily, motivation will return to him. It comes and goes, depends on the events of his life and what he makes of his existence. If taking motivation into one's own hands was just a skill he'd acquired... Then again, it's never too late to acquire new skills.
Perhaps it's time he closed some of the projects for now and focused intensely on two or three unfinished projects, instead of a myriad of ideas and half-assed attempts to be more than his human body is capable of.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Hell, it's about time.
As the Machinima-community has massively expanded during the last ten years there's always been one author that's stood out in my eyes, namely Myndflame. Myndflame is the "studio" behind Machinima-films like Zinwrath, Illegal Danish and numerous music videos and short World of Warcraft-spoofs. Illegal Danish in particular is what caught my attention about Myndflame.
The original Illegal Danish (Super Snacks) was probably the first machinima I saw that exceeded 5 minutes. In a total length of about 20 minutes it was truly impressive, but of course the length is not the reason it became my favorite machinima-series of all time.
Illegal Danish takes place in the World of Warcraft-universe, following the guild known as "The Illegal Danish". It's a comical short-film relying on slapstick comedy, "WoW"-related jokes and general randomness, but the level of the humour is surprisingly "professionally"-feeling.
At any rate, the film is hilarious and when the second one was released (Escape From Orgrimmar(finally, after various delays) I became complete. Now, however, the trailer for the third film is out! Boy oh boy am I excited!
Illegal Danish 3: Prelude to the Ballad of Dirti G
To those who are eagerly awaiting Starcraft 2 and have seen the trailer, you might find it hilariously familiar seeing how the Illegal Danish 3 trailer is a deliberate copy.
The Machinima-media is continuing to grow. I myself am an eager machinima-viewer and I believe it's a great and cheap way of making good-quality films. Keep up the good work, everyone in the Machinima-industry. This blog was partly an attempt to open the eyes of some to the wonders of Machinima while also serving as a means for me to express my excitement. I guess.
Other Machinima-authors I enjoy, include:
And as a conclusion to this, all I have to say to Myndflame is this: Hell, it's about time!
The original Illegal Danish (Super Snacks) was probably the first machinima I saw that exceeded 5 minutes. In a total length of about 20 minutes it was truly impressive, but of course the length is not the reason it became my favorite machinima-series of all time.
Illegal Danish takes place in the World of Warcraft-universe, following the guild known as "The Illegal Danish". It's a comical short-film relying on slapstick comedy, "WoW"-related jokes and general randomness, but the level of the humour is surprisingly "professionally"-feeling.
At any rate, the film is hilarious and when the second one was released (Escape From Orgrimmar(finally, after various delays) I became complete. Now, however, the trailer for the third film is out! Boy oh boy am I excited!
Illegal Danish 3: Prelude to the Ballad of Dirti G
To those who are eagerly awaiting Starcraft 2 and have seen the trailer, you might find it hilariously familiar seeing how the Illegal Danish 3 trailer is a deliberate copy.
The Machinima-media is continuing to grow. I myself am an eager machinima-viewer and I believe it's a great and cheap way of making good-quality films. Keep up the good work, everyone in the Machinima-industry. This blog was partly an attempt to open the eyes of some to the wonders of Machinima while also serving as a means for me to express my excitement. I guess.
Other Machinima-authors I enjoy, include:
And as a conclusion to this, all I have to say to Myndflame is this: Hell, it's about time!
A walking contradiction
If one should ever wonder, this is a blog. A blog about me, my shenanigans and what else I can fit into this stream of written goodness. The phrase "Positively Cynical" is an attempt to create a contradictory idea, an idea that corresponds with who I am, namely Cynical in Positive way and a walking contradiction.
On a less enigmatic note I just want to say that I'm doing this in connection with the expansion of the Web 2.0. Some of my friends are eager blog-writers and others are as new in the media as me, but I've also chosen to give it a try.
On a less enigmatic note I just want to say that I'm doing this in connection with the expansion of the Web 2.0. Some of my friends are eager blog-writers and others are as new in the media as me, but I've also chosen to give it a try.
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