Maybe it has something to do with the endless amounts of creativity that are thrown at us by forms of movies, music and other creative industry outlets. Either way, it can be a scary or a thrilling thought.
When i was a little girl, i lived out on 5 1/2 acres of land surrounded by trees, animals and a world of creativity left to my sisters and i. We had so many adventures! One included me leading my two youngest sisters down to the back of the land with some of my parent's clothes, shoes and hats and dressed up a tree. When the second sister came down on a quad (without a helmet i might add - something that our parents stressed but no one ever abided by), i convinced my young sisters to run at my other sister yelling, "Brooke! Brooke! Go get mum and dad! There's a man on our land and he's coming towards us! See! He's just behind that tree! You can see his hat!!" To this, Brooke turned the quad around with a horrified expression on her face and sped towards the house. We all broke into fits of giggles (yes, giggles because we were all between the ages of 4 and 9). About 20 minutes later i heard my parents screaming out my name. Naturally i turned to run the other way, afraid of getting in trouble yet again, but something in my mum's scream made me race towards the origin of it.
I rounded the corner only to see my sister pinned underneath the quad, hot petrol leaking out of the quad, dripping on her back and her un-helmeted head only centimeters away from a big rock. In her fear, she'd looked back to see if the man was chasing after her, hit the staff picket fence and rolled the quad. Needless to say i was grounded that day. The ironic thing was, Brooke was also grounded as she didn't have a helmet on. This was the kind of creativity the 4 of us had and we all look back on these stories and laugh.
From that day on i could have sworn that good 'ol tree man was watching our every move, glancing over to see if he could scare us, yet again. I was made to return the parent's clothes and i think deep down they found the prank hilarious, but i vowed to never dress up a tree again. It's a scary thought to think that someone is watching you.
It could also be thrilling if you're up on a stage, held in prestige and you know that people are watching you. You know that the moment you step onto a catwalk or onto a stage with your band or onto the red carpet to debut your latest big screen movie, people are watching you, respecting you, admiring you. What a concept. Of course, with this comes a certain way you're suppose to act and certain things you're suppose to look out for.
I have friends who will be these people. They are chasing their own dreams at the moment. Whether it's catwalk, stage or red carpet, i know, without a doubt, that they will get there. There's something different about their attitude. They don't think that they will get to the place of their dreams, they know it. I guess that's the difference between achieving the dreams and thinking that you'll achieve them. Either way, life is a journey, everyone's journey is different.. Enjoy the ride.
Warm wishes,
Emma Martin
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