“Imagination is the beginning of creation." - George Bernard Shaw.

I'm not the most creative of people. If you were to give me a piece of paper and a pencil and told me to draw, the most creative thing I could do is a cloud. Or a sheep. Which is essentially a cloud with four black sticks for legs. 

I'm not one of those people who goes around saying 'I hate people that are naturally good at drawing' or whatever, because I'm not really jealous of them. They're naturally talented and creative, they should be celebrated, and I've always been bad at drawing. It's not what I want to do, so why should I declare my hatred for them? 

However, the people I am jealous of are people who can wake up in the morning, sit at a piano and write a beautiful song. Or sit at a computer and write a beautiful story. That, to me, is one of the most amazing type of creativity. Words are the most important thing a human being can produce. Yes, a picture paints a thousand words, but without the words to inspire the picture, then what is the point? 

I have tried, many times, to write songs, poems, plays, stories, and none of them have ever been finished because the words don't feel right. And if the words aren't right, then the story that you're telling isn't good enough. 

'Imagination is the beginning of creation' is one of my favourite quotes to live by. If you can imagine something, then you have the potential to make it happen and you can create it in your own way. 

I might sound like a hypocrite, because I'm not imaginative or creative, but I love to try and create new things. They aren't always original, but trying and failing is the best way to discover something new. 

Anyway, the point of this is: If you ever get the chance to give a character a voice, do it. Because words are wonderful things, and there are people in the world who don't have a voice. So, when you create the words, make them count. 

Farewell. 

Everybody Talks - Glee Cast

(A bit of a tenuous link, but there ya go.)

The final countdown...

I am one month away from leaving teenage-hood forever. 

OH MY GAWD. 

But seriously, what? I've got to start being mature, and do adult-type things like pay for my own phonebill and stuff... Since when did I have to grow up? 

Anyway, lets not worry about the future. Because I'm all about living in the now. 

I'm still 19. For now. I've got one more month of being immature and acting like a 5-year-old in public places, I might as well make the most of it. I've got things planned for my birthday, and running up to it, and I will release my inner child into the world for one last 'hurrah' before having to climb back into myself and start being grown up.

Last year, I tried to compile a list of things I wanted to do before I turned 19. 

That didn't happen. 

So  I turned it into a list of things I wanted to do before I turned 20. 

I forgot about it. 

And, before you say anything, I'm not going to try and make a list of things I want to do before I'm 21! Instead, I want to simply say this: 

My childhood hasn't been the greatest. It was difficult growing up, as it is for anyone, and it's awful to say that I had the worst childhood, because I certainly didn't. But that doesn't mean that I'm happy it's ending. Instead, it's a new page of a new chapter in the story of my life. Something new to look forward to. It may be scary, in fact, it's terrifying, but I'm  willing to grab the bull by the horns and attack life. I will take every opportunity I am given. Take risks. Be daring. And I want all of my friends and family to be there, standing by my side. Just like I would do for them. Wish me luck as I delve into the big, bad, scary, exciting world. Who knows where I'll end up. Whether I'll live in a mansion in the country or an apartment in the city, I will get somewhere in life if it kills me! See you on the other side. 

xxx

'Broadway, Here I Come' -Smash