I suppose I could simply co-opt the Nike slogan of ‘Just Do It’ since I shamelessly plug for their products on my own website, but the message I wanted to leave you with for the beginning of the week is more profound.
How much shit do we dream about and then ultimately leave undone because we were afraid of the result? Fear is a paralyzing motherfucker like getting Lime disease. I’m not talking about that shit you get from deer ticks, I’m talking about the shit you get when someone smacks the shit out of you with a pillowcase full of small green citrus fruits the size of golf balls.
I can’t front and act like I don’t be afraid myself. I am afraid sometimes of being successful. The biggest reward for hard work, for good work, is actually more work. Sometimes I’m afraid that I might just be good enough to do something for myself. Maybe those fucks that said I was a piece of shit were wrong after all? If they were wrong though I still have to work my ass off to keep their sneers on silent mode.
My homie Dart Adams sent me this link to an interview with maverick animator and filmmaker Ralph Bakshi that went down at Comic Con 2008 (look for the i.C.’s over there in 2009). Ralph Bakshi is a personal hero to me for his controversial film ‘Coonskin’. Also for the fact that Bakshi frequently says that Disney can suck his balls.
The revolution will not be televised. It will be podcast on a vlogcast via an e-mail blast. I don’t know all the technical terms for Web 2.735 I just know that I will no longer be afraid to command this medium. Fuck fear. Fuck fear in the ‘A’.
7 Responses to Fuck Fear In The Ass…
Dart_Adams August 3, 2008
This man is one of the reasons I do what I do. He never listened to anyone who told him what he couldn’t do or what he couldn’t animate or write about. I remember seeing Coonskin, Heavy Traffic, Wizards and American Pop as a kid and I was never the same.
Good lookin’ out, D.
I shall not fear. Fear is the mind-killer © Paul Atriedes
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Timothy August 6, 2008
I really needed to see this today, I had to teach some department of energy assholes how to use office 2007. I need to draw and do something cool with my time. Chea!
m.dot August 12, 2008
Despite the homo eroticism involved with “fucking fear in the ass”…((D you and I have had gender beef since way back))) I love the tone of this.
Right now I am looking at 6 essays that I want to publish on Crack, Feminism and Hip Hop.
I just received a gif for a fashion website I have had on my mind for 2 years.
And…my homie just e-mailed me a mix of my newest pod cast.
Fear is paralyzing. Failure always looks like something that we can recover from,
yet I wake up every day and try to take at least one action towards my dreams of writing, publishing and lecturing.
dallas August 12, 2008
m.disco,
Gender beef? I think you know where my heart rests although you prA’li wish I would express myself differently.
I’m mad that you are stygmatizing ass sex. Consensual ass sex is for everyone to enjoy. Except children. No matter how bad they want some.
My point for this drop was for you to rape your fears before they return the favor. If you have the chance to actually have consensual ass sex with one of your fears then you should consider yourself blessed.
Is all I’m saying…
Kawallii119 October 18, 2008
Kawalli119 Higgins is one lucky big girl to be taped by Martin fine !! Kawalli119 has one truly amazing body and we have every inch of it in amazing video and photo layouts!!
randonshaw October 28, 2009
Reading this reminded me of the book The Alchemist, about how we fear the success we have worked so hard for all our lives. In the Introduction, the author Paulo Coelho says, “Oscar Wilde said: 'Each man kills the thing he loves.' And it's true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that w do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far. I have known a lot of people who, when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal- when it was only a step away.”
randonshaw October 28, 2009
Reading this reminded me of the book The Alchemist, about how we fear the success we have worked so hard for all our lives. In the Introduction, the author Paulo Coelho says, “Oscar Wilde said: 'Each man kills the thing he loves.' And it's true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that w do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far. I have known a lot of people who, when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal- when it was only a step away.”