Here is an incredible letter from Pixar animator, Austin Madison. Thank you Mr. Madison for taking the time to write a letter for this project. This is such an inspiring and encouraging letter, and I know it will make an huge impact in someone’s life. This is one more amazing letter that will make up the book…can’t you see how encouraging this project as a whole would be to so many people the world over? If you are a professional animator working in the industry, then please take the time to read my first blog post telling about this project and consider participating in this amazing project.
Please check out Austin Madison’s blog.
You can read Austin’s blog post about the Animator Letters Project here.
Also, The animation podcast, Force Versus Form, took some time to talk about the Animator Letters Project, and I want to thank Faisal ‘Fes’ Naqvi, the founder of the podcast, fellow AM student, and good friend of mine, for helping spread the word! Please check it out, they do such a great job! They start talking about the project at about 50:14.
Transcript
PIXAR
May 17, 2011
To Whom it May Inspire,
I, like many of you artists out there, constantly shift between two states. The first (and far more preferable of the two) is white-hot, “in the zone” seat-of-the-pants, firing on all cylinders creative mode. This happens about 3% of the time.
The other 97% of the time I am in the frustrated, struggling, office-corner-full-of-crumpled-up-paper mode. The important thing is to slog diligently through this quagmire of discouragement and despair. Put on some audio commentary and listen to the stories of professionals who have been making films for decades going through the same slings and arrows of outrageous production problems.
In a word: PERSIST.
PERSIST on telling your story. PERSIST on reaching your audience. PERSIST on staying true to your vision. Remember what Peter Jackson said, “Pain is temporary. Film is forever.” And he of all people should know.
So next time you hit writers block, or your computer crashes and you lose a entire night’s work because you didn’t hit save (always hit save), just remember: you’re never far from that next burst of divine creativity. Work through that 97% of murky abyssmal mediocrity to get to that 3% which everyone will remember you for!
I guarantee you, the art will be well worth the work!
Your friend and mine,
Austin Madison
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