Documentaries

Before I discuss the documentaries I watch, I would like to alert the presses:

1) Did anybody know that it’s only $4 to eat in the dining hall?! It’s like buffet! Sorry, all this time, I’ve been giving Moseley Center all of my money when I could’ve saved a significant amount by eating in the dining hall and taking food to go to last me throughout the day! Well now I know.

2) We finally meet Ms. Lynda herself. So nice to meet you.

3) I’m currently fighting off sleep due to all the food I just ate in the dining hall, sooo if this post is a bit choppy…blame it on the alfredo pasta, corn flakes, loaded salad, banana, apple juice and rice pilaf…oh and that cinnamon-raisin bagel I had earlier.

Now…onto Ricky

Rick Morris. I chose his documentary to watch, I did catch snippets of the other 3 but I didn’t watch them all. Beyond Rick starting off as an illustrator and basically learning to be a motion designer, he inspired me simply because he was a nice man. I enjoyed his humility and his constant references to his wife throughout his segment.

He said something that did make me cringe. He made the comment that there really was no separation between personal and professional life. -___- (<– that is my straight face, implying I did not enjoy that comment). Prior to grad school, I did have a job and I MADE IT A POINT to leave that job, at that job. I didn't let the stresses of the day affect my outside life. However, when you are passionate about something, you are likely to carry that around with you everywhere, daily. That, I don't mind. But if I'm passionate, I don't call it a job, a job is an obligation…what Rick does is a passion, it isn't a job…so I understand where he's coming from.

His work was pretty awesome. He had a really nice reel. I really enjoyed his illustrations more than anything. Yes, his motion graphics were nice but nowadays, with billions of tutorials and copy and paste, many people are becoming masters at all things digital. But things like writing, drawing, illustrations…those things remain extraordinary to me. I think individuals who have those gifts are truly fantastic. Those things can't be learned, it's a born-talent.