Just a few days ago I found two random files I had saved to a folder I keep on my desktop labeled: Inspirado.
This folder generally includes photos, images and other documents I love and that .. well.. inspire. It’s my own weird little version of Pinterest. (I’m not on the site simply because my manly pride won’t let me plus I have an addictive personality plus this way I can make fun of my wife for spending so much time on that site. I know. Sad, right?).
I clicked on the two images because I couldn’t recall why I had placed them there.
Then I remembered why I placed them there.
Pixar animator Austin Madison composed the above letter of inspiration to aspiring creatives as part of The Animator Letters Project.
When I rediscovered this little gem hidden within the depths of my overstuffed desktop it was like unearthing a note from an old pal. Though I’ve never met the guy and I’m not an animator and it is just a file I saved myself so I could read it later – his words struck a chord and arrived at just the right time. PERSIST.
There is nothing quite like a lovingly crafted hand-written letter – even if it’s from someone you’ve never met.
-BRAD
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Thanks for posting this. Sometimes, when you’re in that 97%, you feel like you’re the only one not in the 3%. Awesome reminder to keep persisting.
I love that you shared this! Such an awesome handwritten note, if only just for the fact he used the word “quagmire” and it made me smile! But it also has such a nice happy uplifting point! Persist through the murky abysmal mediocrity, to get to that which everyone will remember you for!
Such great encouragement! Thanks! :)