A Few Thoughts On Passion (Dead Poet Society)
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2019
- Dead Poets Society is, in part, a film about passion and the need for passion in life. I wanted to ramble on a bit about that point and about passion in my own life because it's quite a fragile thing, really, and very easy to shoot down. I don't know, this isn't any fancy video, it's just me talking for a ltitle bit.
Music is Aurora by Jonny Easton - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Came for Dead Poet Society, got a guy talking with passion about passion. Keep being you mate :)
Who's here after reading that brilliantly written comment on "Good Will Hunting"?Good stuff, mate. Real good stuff.
Hey, thanks man 😄 glad you're here. Hopefully that video version of the that GWH comment will be up sometime this weekend
Which video
Holy shit. I didn’t realize how much this touched me until this video ended. I am in tears. I can’t properly convey my thought currently but thank you
Thank you so much
I feel honoured I could make something you could connect with like that. Thankyou
Dead Poet’s Society is one of my favorite movies. It really touched me when I first saw it and I’ve watched it many times since then. I’m glad to see it touched other people too. Thanks for doing these reviews and commentaries. I enjoy watching them
That was absolutely beautiful. I just discovered your channel about a week ago (beginning with the Good Will Huntings), and honestly, I am mesmerized. I love the way you view life. I love your humility, your sensitivity, your understanding of the world and what matters. I also love the speed at which you speak, and how impromptu yet organized and cogent your thoughts are. I have many, many hours ahead of me, to explore your poignant videos. We think alike, we are of like minds. I get you. Just wanted you to know that there are those of us out there who are listening. Please don't stop.
I am a 42 year old man 2 years in on getting a degree as a therapist (working on music in between) and Dead Poet Society is a movie I love. I watch it 2 or 3 times a year at the very least. I feel like these videos were made just for me.
Watching this video remind me of something I've heard in the past: To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Makes me sad to think that most people spend so much time hiding when they have so much beauty inside. I wish I could know everybody in a very deep level, to see all the wonderful stuff they have inside.
Please continue your amazing work. And if I could suggest something, you should make a twitch just to read your stories and we could react to it live.
Im glad you reuploaded this, I was actually wondering about you the other day when I saw your video so I was pretty bummed when I saw it was taken down. But I really like this sort of rambly video, it was interesting to listen to.
Ahh that's good to know 😃 I wasn't sure if disordered rambling would be a bit too boring. I tried to trim it a little in places where I got completely lost in tangents but I didn't want to do it too much. Glad to know it was enjoyable though. Maybe now during weeks where I don't have anything more substantial to upload, I can do little things like this
Hi there! Your little essay on the I will end you scene on good will hunting made me wanna check out your channel. I'm glad I did, how you broke down that scene was really interesting and I'd definitely like to hear/see more of that. And this video is a great relaxed conversation like video. Definitely make a video when something you watch inspires you. I will definitely keep an eye on your uploads mate. Good luck!
Cheers man, it's good to have you on board and bloody nice of you to comment. More of that line for line style analysis is definitely coming. Obviously the GWH video but I've just written a script for a dead poet society scene analysis that I'll record sometime. Glad you liked this style of video as well though. I want to try and keep to weekly uploads and there's no way I could have a big analysis video every week, so I'm hoping these sort can be an easier alternative for when I need it. Thanks for the support
Just finished watching like two hours of your videos. There's something so affirming and refreshing about your perspectives on these character studies and on social circumstances at large, something I'd expect from the big video essay channels like Folding Ideas or Every Frame a Painting. I think (barring successive videos on a few big popular transitory topics) it's going to take the algorithm another year and a half to realize you kick ass and give you the success you deserve, I've seen it with channels like Jacob Geller, Just Write, and (different genre) Uniquenameosaurus.
I feel your struggles with writing and feeling like "why would anyone want to listen to what I have to say?" so I'm here to spur you on, please keep at it!
"This isn't a good video"
ShUT uP. IT IS.
The running for the bus part really connected w me. I had to stop and just listen to your thoughts from that part on
Listening to this as I get ready in the morning to help my group of virtually learning students...man did I need this injection of inspiring thought...thank you for your rambles.
You're welcome. I know it probably just sounds like the generic sort of thing people would say in my position...but to think I might've done something that could reach or inspire someone else in some way, I take inspiration from that. It's really touching to know I can connect with people via the internet, simply by rambling thoughts into a mic
I really appreciate this video. Honestly, for the longest time I've wanted to begin to post my art online. But I just never thought I was "good enough". It's one of the things that pushed me to try and improve in art as much as I have. But yesterday, I took that leap, and made an art insta like I've been meaning to do for months now. And it felt good, it was a sense of relief that came over me because finally I had jumped off the edge of the cliff and now, the dread has left me. Passion is one of the only things I consider myself to have in spades, which is why I resonate with this video a lot. Drawing and cartoons and stories are my passion. It's what motivates me, I dream about it. Now I'm rambling too ahaha. Anyways, love your channel. Came from the Good Will Hunting comment a couple days back. I'm excited to keep watching, and this video has inspired me to keep leaping into the fear that comes with passion.
I don't even know what to say in reply man. I can't tell you how heartening it is to hear things like that. I mean I felt a bit worried about this video because it is just me rambling a bit, especially when I'm saying something sort of personal...so to know it resonated with anyone means a lot, let alone that it inspired. Your comment has made my morning, I'm sitting here smiling to myself and I relate to everything you've said. I don't have instagram myself but I imagine at some point, it'd be worth me getting it to help grow my channel. So tell me what yours is called and, should a time come when I get an account, I'll check out your stuff and show support
@@mylittlethoughttree You have a lot to say, and people want to hear it, and I'm more than certain people would want to read it too. I'm more than certain that you'll achieve what you want from this channel, and from your work as a writer whatever it may be. Honestly, just you saying that you'd be even interested to look at any of my works is enough to push me even further to want to keep improving and posting content. My instagram @ is "@Nismogo", where I'll be posting all my works from here on out, so thanks a ton, and I hope to keep watching you grow!
I just wanted to let you know, I remembered this comment earlier, so I've come back to it and had a look at your Instagram account. You've done brilliantly in the four months since we've spoken, I absolutely love it. Your artwork is great and, from the captions you write on all your posts, it's nice to feel you're journey and that you say you've been learning so much from it all. I can't tell you how wide a smile it gave me to see how far you've come. Hope you keep going with it 😃
Finding this video 3 years after, I wish I found it sooner. I was moved to tears from the sentiment that I and everyone else are capable of beauty and creating things of passion. I’ve only just begun to feel that side of being a human, and hearing you put these feelings into words was amazing
Thanks for saying, that's kind of you! Glad you found the video helpful ☺️ I always find it weird to look back at this video again, but sometimes it is a necessary reminder
4 years since the video came out and still a beautiful video nothing but raw human emotion
This is the sort of channel I love on youtube. You phrased exactly what I've been trying to do for the past few months. I guess I thought of it as me "just going to be myself". It's a part of the path to improving ourselves everyone stumbles to at some point, not letting the opinion of others affect who you are. I saw myself as a kid doing exactly what you said you did in art school and it somehow clicked that that's precisely the sort of thing I've been trying to avoid doing. This is very idealistic and I will most likely not do this on every occasion but I think it's important know yourself better. Somehow I feel like I can now formulate what I was doing recently and why I feel acting this way has made my life more in my control if that makes sense.
Well anyway, it felt good to write it down. Loved the video, also I've been thinking a lot recently about the concept of regret. Can't think of a specific movie you could use but just thought it would be interesting to hear your take on it ( after the gwh video of course)
I love this comment. I think you're probably right, it is part of a journey of self improvement. I reckon as we get older, we do naturally worry less and less about what other people think of us, and that frees us up to just enjoy living however we want to... although I suppose that probably isn't true for everyone...there are a lot of people out there who remain obsessed with pushing some image of themselves. So I guess not everyone has the awareness to realise what you have. I'm glad you enjoyed the video anyway and that you commented and got me thinking this morning. A video on regret is a good idea so I will do that even if I can't think of a film to link it to
It is really nice to see that other people are just coming to discover your channel like me. I hope that you are still pursuing your writing and/or were able to find a publisher! The content of this video is making me think about how much I want to find something I truly am passionate about. I want to incorporate that in my daily life because I know how much joy that can bring. I wish you are finding joys in your daily life!
I am in my late 40s and touched to tears by your warmth and wisdom. Thank you for expressing yourself. I am still afraid of expressing myself, ridiculous as it sounds. But here I am, and at least I am not lying to myself. Please keep being you. Liked, subscribed and commented.
This makes me feel so good. Despite that i am a failure. I guess i will go to uni when i will be 99 😅
"Not Proper" by your personal standards is still moving. Impropriety appreciated!
It's been so long, but why did you make me cry once you started talking about how you've tried to hide your own passion? What a universal feeling and thought, to be so afraid that even the things you love most become obscured. Yet I bet it's an incredibly personal emotion to so many people too, as if this were their own emotion that they materialized somehow.
Thanks for expressing the fear a lot of us have. I think I’ll get back to writing.
Sir! Seeing your videos and having them on the background is making me a better human. Thank you
It feels good to hear such genuine words; it's only been a couple of years since I decided I didn't want to hide myself from the world anymore, and this video brought me back to those first days of freedom.
I can just listen to it like a podcast. It's so therapeutic to listen to you, along with the bgm.
Everyone is Unique, and if we all lived with Passion the world would be filled with much more love
I absolutely agree with you saying that we often hide our passion foe things that matters to us and its a shame ! I will try to be more true to my interests and to myself in general from now one !
OMG Im just loving each of your videos. Thanks for sharing your voice, you are helping me find mine :3
That's really nice to hear, thankyou for letting me know! I hope you continue on the journey to find yours 😊
Thank you for caring so deeply. As someone trying to recover from 50 years of trauma, your videos help relieve my stress and anxiety.
It is very hard to sort it all by yourself. Of course it can be done, but I think My Little Thought Tree wants us to understand that finding help is a good path.
I watched your videos on the dead poets society then was naturally lead to this one so for me it was perfect to capture the wondering spirit of the movie and of robin Williams. I have not seen this movie but found the "oh me oh life." Scene in another video and tracked down the clip and movie and found your video. I have always been a dreamer, and an explorer, I always wanted to live in an epic adventure full of true comradery and danger and excitement and yes even the hard bits. Because the people who stand at the final page always seemed so much more. Everything they do after that is infused with a sort of meaningful vitality that made me feel alive too. Only to close the book and realize how utterly alien and dead my world was in comparison. A child whose only lasting passion was magic, fantasy, books, art, and poetry all so jumbled up together, that they basically mean the same thing. Something I still don't have a name for. But it remains my passion to locate this word and drag it with me on and epic of my own. And perhaps along the way I'd find all those other missing things and feelings having just quietly decided they liked where I was going even if it made no sense. I've always been waiting for that moment to find me. Because in fantasy books you always knew when it began, the great journey into somewhere not here. Mine snuck up on me. I can not say when it began or if its even started yet. But somehow just those videos and your essay here gives me hope it will. My long journey home. Thank you.
I’m just now finding the confidence to write a book about a fairly extreme and traumatic period of my life - it’s taken five years to be able to even look at it let alone write about it or show it to others. In some part because abusive people throughout my life have made comments about me being rubbish and nobody caring what I have to say and I chose to believe them. Now, looking at their lives, I see that in fact they just didn’t want me to do what I love and use my talent to achieve something meaningful for myself. They enjoyed having the power to put me down and feel superior. By understanding this and moving past my rage and hurt through therapy I’ve finally reached a point where I can enjoy my own company and even enjoy the art of storytelling. But the negative comments do stick. It’s a shame how we let others rob us of time and excitement - but when you get it back by yourself, for yourself, the feeling of elation and accomplishment is other worldly. Thank you for your channel I’m binging on it this morning and it’s refreshing to find content you can enjoy and learn from too.
This is a wonderful comment, thank you! I'm glad you've come to the realisation that you have, it can take a great awareness and wisdom to do so. I've always thoroughly believed in chasing the enthusiasm for creative projects rather than the ambition to succeed. I think it's more fun and often turns out better that way. Yeah, you write for you! That's why I write. Much as I dream to be a published author, I do it because it's fun, incredibly challenging but rewarding and a good unconscious way to process emotions
Your voice and work matters- this video spoke to my heart, you called out and articulated so many hidden parts of myself, I just want to say you are appreciated.
I really love your channel, I’ve watched your dead poets society analysis and they’re amazing, I really like the points you touch and how much meaning can be found in everything, the way you approach them, your dedication and your editing. Thank you ((:
I'm 38 and this was my favorite movie when I was 8 years old. I was a very deeply emotional child:) I'm happy to watch it again after all these years and relearn those lessons of passion I couldn't wait to experience when I grow up.
you've no idea how happy I am having discovered your channel. man, I could listen to your thoughts all day. keep up the good work :)
You help me to cry about my pain and to really look at myself and I'm just really grateful for your words. So I'm a lifelong fan. Cheers man!
I can’t say how much I appreciate your sincerity in simple videos like this. It makes me think of how often I have passionate thoughts that never see the light of day, unless I take the time write them down or have a meaningful conversation with my best mate. The passion in your videos is like a mirror that reminds me to express myself as I am, that way if I do connect with others it’ll be genuine.
Thanks
It's always nice to be reminded that other people, even successful ones, experience self-doubt and hesitation. Guess I'm late to the game in noticing your work but I'm enjoying it. Have fun!
I found your Good Will Hunting analysis video while on a long day of travel across the country. I was immediately captured by your thought patterns -- and apparent interests in all the movies and poems that l love -- and how much I love your general philosophy and take on life. So much so that I've started working my way through even your oldest videos. Here's to hoping that your little thought tree keeps flourishing, and that an agent and the rest of the world finds your stuff.
I really enjoy listening to you! subscribed immediately after watching you video on the analysis of the breakfast club. it was really insightful. please never stop talking or rambling :)
one of my favorite videos on this platform
I just watched it and I have waited to watch these videos from you. I cried at it.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for expressing your passion.
Hey, I listened to this video and I wanted to say I am quite touched. It's a raw confession and that's a brave thing to post on CZcams. I've posted a few comments on other videos you've made (and I don't really post comments much), often voicing an unpopular opinion. Don't take it as a criticism, not intended to be. Some of us have a much more disillusioned and cynical outlook of life, born out of experience I suspect, and an equally sensitive soul. I'd love to say I believe in dreams and passions and that's what makes life special. But I was never an artsy type, and, worse than you, it wasn't others pulling me down that held me back, but rather my own inner voice that said I was worthless. You are a counsellor so you know better than me what that means. What I am trying to say clumsily is: good that you are following your passions and trying to be a writer (or rather great that you are exploring your talents, never let a talent go to waste) but don't discount that other good work you do in your day job.
hi man, thanks so much for putting these videos out there, the pieces you cover and your care for characters is super meaningful to me. Brian, from Breakfast Club for instance. I, myself, kind of overlooked him. I failed in noticing how similar I am to him, in, important to be aware of ways.
thanks for sharing about your hesitation to share your writing and express yourself. It means a lot to know that the person making these videos is not perfect. It makes me feel more ok about being a human
You have inspired me, and I sincerely thank you for it, your words have really stuck with me, I feel motivated again to do the things that make me happy, to get out of this rut I feel stuck in, thank you so much.
wow man this hits home.. this is giving me a lot to think about, thanks.
this is so amazing. ive always been worried and anxious and so concerned about what other people think, and i think ive slowly begun to undo that. i hope. its been so hard the past month to bring myself to care about anything at all, or even to get myself out of bed and i want to constantly scream my head off. i think this made me sort of remember, life without passion is just this. theres so much to do and see and if theres nothing driving you you just sit stuck in the mud. i want a life with passion but its so hard to find it sometimes and its so easy to become apathetic. i hope i never get that way and if i do i hope i dont stay like that. if anybody reads this i hope you find your passion, if you have it i hope you hold on.
I know this is an old video but I really needed to hear this right now. Thank you
new to the channel (stumbled on it while looking for DPS analysis) this video truly touched my heart, thank you
So glad you made a channel!
Saw your comment on the Good Will Hunting scene again after liking it a few years ago and noticed the edit.
Stoked to see all this content you have made!
Ah thanks!! Yeah, it's been a mad, miraculous ride. Weird how a comment on a video can kickstart so much
every single word rang true! Thank you for this!
You're welcome 😊
Wow this is really great. Like REALLY great. Thanks for being so inspiring. As someone who writes fanfic; I always considered my work...lesser, I suppose. It's a closet shame of mine and I find it harder and harder to write sometimes, worrying about what others will think. Lately I've come to realize it doesn't matter and it shouldn't- I write for ME. As a coping mechanism when reality is too painful, or to deal with my past, or to just,,,craft a world and have fun within it with some ideas like demons and humans living among one another unable to tell who is truly evil within all the shades of grey. In any case; thanks for this again mate. Your channel has been quite helpful for dealing with my own trauma and even keeping me going despite my current depressive slump. ❤
wow...this video was posted 3 years ago but i still want to say something.
i had a long day today and now sat down with my ipad to draw and decided "hey, i wanna finally watch some analysis videos on Dead poets society to cool off". felt a bit weird all day. out of place really.
so i sat down finally and put on this video. I love Dead Poets Society. Safe to say it's become my favorite movie.
But that's not the point, and it wasn't the point in the video either. Just a passionate guy, with a passionate opinion sharing his passion.
I was so touched by this. Truly, whilst it was just rambling i resonated so much with it. I consider myself to be a very passionate person about my interests. Whether it's something broad like art, or just something small like...well right now Dead Poets Society. (which led me here)
It's a weird coincidence honestly. Watching a video talking about passion, and how we tend to be put down by others because of it. Because I am really passionate about Dead Poets Society at the moment. Everything about this movie is so incredibly special to me. The way I can see myself in each one of the boys in certain situations, the way Mr Keating portrays a teacher i always admired in school, the way it displays unlikeable characters so believable, the subtle symbolism. Everything. And i am so passionate about it. I want to analyze it to its core, write down all these thoughts , draw out all these ideas.
But every now and then, i just feel this sort of...shame. That this is weird of me. To be so passionate about a movie we happened to watch in English class. This is something deeply personal to me, and there's only one person i feel comfortable even saying i am doing all of this
So my point is, it's so touching to me, coming to this video to learn more about the views of other people on DPS and be greeted by a short talk about passion. A genuine, raw, true talk of passion.
and I want to thank you. for putting these thoughts out there. And further bringing in Mr Keatings point to me, that i should be passionate about art, poetry, music :)
to anyone who read through all of this ty
I'm very glad you commented! It's special to have passion like that and I know exactly what you mean, I'm someone who once wrote 60k words about the film spirited away, long before I had my channel. That was certainly weird back then but I loved it, and hey, it all ended up coming in handy when I ended up with this channel. So I think also sometimes the things that seem odd can end up being potential for something really special later down the line, even if you don't know what yet. Art is meant to touch us and it's a really good thing you feel that way :)
I’m loving your channel.
Hey this was a very inspiring video and I wish you all the luck in the world getting your work out there. I think everything is worthy of a shot and a chance to prove it's worth something because if passion is put into it-it's worth it. Good luck, stay motivated and have faith that your passion will give you what you need in the end.
My comment : I loved the rawness. Very beautiful
Hey, I'm from Brazil, and I was just watching some videos bout this movie cause I just love it so much, it really touches me and youtube suggested your video, when I put it i was drawing, and since English isn't my first language, i wasn't paying attention on your words, just your voice, for a moment, sorry about that, but then i remembered that a video was playing and i put it back at the begging just to pay attention in your words and understand, and i really liked it, i understand what u said, i'm having a hard time to express myself these days, but it is going to work out just fine. thank you for sharing this. Hope your okay and having a great day :)
I just discovered your channel - I was a psychologist in making then life took a turn towards a variety of other endeavors including my now career in internet marketing and teaching it - your words resonate with the fundamental truths of human experience. Genuinely so. I appreciate it. BTW working on a book as well. Let's connect.
Thank you for that video. Really.
I love this, this speaks to me, you're a fellow human being
Very heartwarming, Emotional analysis⚡⚡
it feels alone but writing does numbs the pain, i am not a writer , but when i write ,thats the conversation beyond physical attributes..I felt good listening to you,listening to Thoughts
Love to feel your passion.
Being passionate regarding school work is always something i am trying to do (as much as it is possible at least). I am already the one in the class to always do "too much" but it always got me thinking; why the hell not? If i can turn a subject in a way so i can relate to it more and therefore write more then i will. Finishing assignements you had fun writing is such a nice feeling compared to finishing for the sake of a passing grade. Also if i were to be struggling to actually write then i always talked to the teacher, showing my "passion" regarding assignments and that i want to learn instead of just getting through school
After just accepting that i always would do the little extra to everything and changing my way of thinking to this ^^ i just enjoyed it more. No idea if any of this makes sense, i will not read through it but i hope i explained it for yall to understand
When i was 14 i had a dream of a freat painting which was showing the progression of my country's progression throughout history by shoeijg a cronology of the kings and leader on horseback going towards a hill on the right side of the canvos and behind then the armies they led lined in a fight with foreign armies. I am 22 and i have not done any painting and drawing in years. I am ashamed about it and i feel i missed my chance of ever being a painter. It's like I've lost the spark that made drawing and painting fun.
Thank you so much for this video!! Even though it's different than what you usually put out, it meant a lot to me. Let us know if you publish your books. 😀
A lovely ramble.
I really enjoyed this video. Passion does get mocked and so does sincerity. Unfortunately for me it didn't end at school. My mum regularly makes fun of the things I'm passionate about. Especially if it's not something I can earn money from.
loved your effort
Thank you for this.
Love this!!!
I glad to have found your channel :)
I want to write novels and much but I don't have any knowledge of the craft but I would like to do it. I do feel that it will not add up to nothing but recently I just rematched Dead Poets Society and I'd love to "live deliberately".
Well, I tend to think creative writing is one of those things you kinda have to learn through trying. The hardest thing to learn is how to keep going when you hit moments of "I don't know where the hell the story can go next, or what I've written feels wrong but I don't know why, maybe I'm not good enough? This is too daunting, I've lost interest." I think the skill to most creative projects is how to manage the self doubt in the moments it appears, and to remember that even if what you write is garbage, you still learn a hell of a lot more from the process than you ever realise at the time.
If it is daunting, don't be afraid to take time planning, though. Or the other possibility is start off just writing little short stories so that, even if they aren't great, you at least get to the end and finish them, and learn from the process if finishing the story.
I don't think you were asking advice, I just know these are the kind of things no one ever told me, and I wish they had. Good luck :)
@@mylittlethoughttree thank you very much. This was truly fantastic and definitely what I need it. ❤ thank you.
@@mylittlethoughttree could you do a video on Whisper of the heart?
hi, this really touched my soul and all i can say is, thank you for sharing this. it really sucks when your inner fear grabs a hold of you from pursuing your passions and dreams, its what i feel right now having writer's block and losing interest in doing the things i once loved that will take me far. but i feel its a little clearer now, if that makes sense? anyways, i love your dps analysis, i haven't watched good will hunting, but maybe i should so i can hear your thoughts on it too. have a nice day
Almost missed this ! saw that it was copyright blocked , thanks for reuploading it!
I think there's going to be a pattern of my videos getting blocked, then having to edit and reupload them 😆
Just discovered you from the Good Will Hunting videos and am now binging all of your work (in moderation... if binging in moderation is even possible?). Anyways, love the content that you're producing. You post about some of my favorite movies/TV shows and this channel has made me realize why I like the type of film that I do enjoy.
You probably won't even see this comment, but if you do, I'd love to see a video on the Before trilogy by Richard Linklater. Maybe you already have on your patreon channel or something, I have yet to check that out. Any who, just wanted to drop a comment for the algos and to tell you that I appreciate the work that you are doing!
Thankyou 😊 can't say I've heard of that series but maybe I'll give it a look!
stumbled upon your channel looking for commentary on The Breakfast Club. great stuff - very well thought through
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
this helped ease allot of anxiety I have been feeling.
Sir. You DO have a voice 🌹
It is hard to teach something that someone doesn't want to learn, and it is frustrating to want them to seize the opportunity to learn and see what they could accomplish if they just put in honest effort to learn, practice, and apply what they learn. Its not fair to teach the people who have the interest and the talent now and ignore the people who for whatever reason don't want to put themselves out there to try, or legitimately don't enjoy or care about what you have to teach them. And for many people, they lose interest in learning new skills once they are done with public education, and end up claiming to wish they'd paid more attention, or had the time/resources to go back to school now because they didn't understand what an opportunity they once had and they feel its too late to start over.
Thank you!
I really liked this video
Oi
So true
Great work mate
Keep up the content man it's really good. Keep working on your art and I hope it goes well :)
Thanks man, glad to have you on board 😊
I think you've received more comments than you have time to respond to already. Congrats! :)
For my part, please don't ever take my responses in a negative way. I really like your videos, and love listening to your analyses on different topics. I hope you're doing well.
Hey, I know this video is old and you probably won't see this but I am okay with that because I just wanted to put into the universe that I just feel this deep appreciation for you for being brave enough to post to youtube and finally chase your dream of looking for a publisher. I found your channel because of your collaboration with The Authentic Observer, and I'm so glad she has introduced me to you. I just feel so at peace watching your videos and I'm going to watch your poetry videos which I can't wait because I also like writing as a hobby but it's really hard when I am so critical with my self and when I go through a depressive episode were even as much as I would want to write I just couldn't, so you really are inspiring to me. So basically I just wanted to tell you to thank you for existing and putting your self out there, keep at it and wish you the best because you truly deserve it. Even if you don't read this I hope the positive energy will reach you. :) (Btw a really good movie you should check out and is my favourite of all time is Freedom Writers, honestly, I think you'll really enjoy it if you haven't seen it already)
How could I not read such a kind, sincere comment? That'd be no justice in the world 😆 thankyou, that was beautifully put and it's very kind of you to choose to take the time to tell me that, especially not imagining I'd read it.
I 100% empathise with what you say about writing. I have very much been there (and sometimes still am) but I think I've been gradually learning over the years to be more playful and affectionate in the way I criticise myself. Sort of like when a parent criticises their kid with joking kindness, because they know it's just a kid and they trust he/she'll grow into someone wonderful some day. I think I've gotten good at cultivating the mindset "You don't have to be perfect yet, you just have to trust you'll keep improving if you continue to keep going." That might just be my personal experience though, I don't know if that relates for you.
Anyway, before I got sidetracked I was saying thankyou and feeling pleased that Galatea brought you here (she is lovely) I've not heard of Freedom Writers but the name appeals to me, I'll add it to my list 😊
@@mylittlethoughttree Firstly, I just wanna thank you for actually taking time out of your day to respond to my unnecessarily long comment by living a thoughtful comment also. I'll keep your advice in mind, I've actually never thought about it that way and I really like it. So thank you for helping me... again. :)
Secondly, Freedom Writes was introduced by my year 8 (3 years ago, 13 years old) English teacher who has really pushed my love for writing and a big contributor for me choosing English Lit & Lang combined for A levels and maybe pursue it as an available career in the future. Anyway, ramble over, now Freedom Writes is about a is based on a beautiful true story where; a beginner white female teacher moves to a disadvantaged area in America where there is a lot of racial tension between people and how she manages to help the kids open up, accept each other, strive for a better future than what is expected on them by society. It made me cry, every time I watched it, but I am very emotional so that isn't saying much but I hate reaching movies or series unless it been a long time since the last time I did because my brain only focuses on the "imperfection". Anyway, the second ramble over too. In conclusion, it's a hopeful story that is truly representing such a beautiful rare sight of reality.
Thirdly, I would like to also recommend some other commentary/movie or writing channels: tiffanyferg, Thomas Flight, The Closer Look,
T1J, Swell Entertainment, Sideways, ShaelinWrites, Savage Books, Sage's Rain, Sarah Z, Razbuten, Rachel Oates, Pursuit of Wonder, Psych IRL, Pop Culture Detective, PIERRE XO, Patrick (H) Willems,
ordinarydreamer, Nando v Movies, Mike's Mic, M. KIRIN, Luke Alexander, Loverboy Media, Ladyknightthebrave, Kate Cavanaugh, Just Write, joshboy64, Jimmy Snow, Jordan Theresa, Jesse Tribble, Hello Future Me, jan Misali, Filmento,
Emily McCosh, Diane Callahan - Quotidian Writer, Dresrosa, Eric Carter, dangelowallace, D'Angelo Wallace, Button Poetry, Daniel Greene,
Amanda the Jedi, Brandon Sanderson, Author Level Up, Abbie Emmons, Alexa Donne, Alt Shift X... okay that's way more than enough and I also feel like I definitely missed a bunch and here are the ones you should definitely check out at least in my opinion: Ladyknightthebrave, The Closer Look, Swell Entertainment, Sideways, Savage Books, Rachel Oates, Pursuit of Wonder, Luke Alexander, Kate Cavanaugh, Jimmy Snow, Hello Future Me, Dresrosa, dangelowallace, Button Poetry, Daniel Greene,
Brandon Sanderson, Amanda the Jedi, Thomas Flight.
OKAY, so sorry for the long essay length response, just hope you have lovely days and a good life especially after the not so good ones due to how life is like a rollercoaster. :)
Ah yeah, if you're still only 16 (unless I misunderstood the maths) that's a long lot of time to develop your writing still. I can remember being 16 and painfully impatient and desperate to become a successful author, but that was an awful lot of pressure to put on my shoulders. I think things went best for me when I stopped trying so hard to become a great writer, and just relaxed, just enjoying the process of writing and assumed one day, I would be good enough to publish. I mean that's the advice I wish I'd been told, but even so, I've got no idea exactly how you "just start relaxing and stop putting pressure on yourself." Maybe it just happens with time? I don't know. I rambled a bit about this sort of thing in my Forrest Gump video, but I don't like plugging videos, so I'll leave it at.
That's a good long list of youtubers, though! Weirdly, out of them, I only know The Closer Look, Pop Culture Detective, Hello Future Me (I even bought his book), Just Write, and Diane Callahan. So there's some more people for me to dip into sometime.
I'm afraid, I don't have so many I can add to the list. But here's a few, if you'd like some.
Lessons From The Screenplay, Now You See It, James Tullos, Lindsay Ellis, Stephan Krosecz, and Like Stories of Old
I’m glad to have found this video
As someone who is only now really trying to find what they love to do and find something to be passionate about. I've started to write a little but only two short stories so far which while I'm proud of I am hesitant to share because then it become "the thing". By which I mean the thing that people know I'm I to right now. And the reason I don't want it to be that is because then people start wondering if I did anymore and that has a tenancy to suck my pation away from it. It's happened before with playing instrument or doing archery and a couple others but it's still something I do want to share.
I just realised this isn't really something I should be saying in a CZcams comment but instead to maybe a therapist or something but fuck it imma hit send anyway
Yeah! Write the comment anyway, comments like this are always the best. I 100% understand how you feel. It's part of why I've never really tried to publish my own writing in the past. I don't think holding back a little is a bad thing though. It gave me time to develop, anyway
@@mylittlethoughttree thanks man. BTW love the vids keep up the good work
Thank you for speaking...
I'm sorry I'm so late, but I'm so proud of you! :D
I found this video super late (three years late I guess) while watching through the videos you've made analyzing the dead poets society. This video summed up pretty much exactly how I feel about passion even down to the part where you talked about your writing. I'm personally super passionate about writing up to the point that I can spend hours at a time writing a story and not even notice the time pass by. :") I guess all I wanted to say was thank you for posting this. I was oddly touched so I felt the need to comment I guess. Did you ever get published? If so I'd absolutely love reading a book written by you. :)
The book is still in progress! I'm very slowly going through it chapter by chapter with an editor. It's not the same but I did do a livestream fairly recently reading some of my old short stories, if that interests you.
Eitherway, glad you enjoyed this! I haven't watched this video since I made it, but sometimes I look back and think it's my favourite
I'm a zealot, I love what I love and I have never been one to keep my opinions to myself, I'm happy and appreciate that I inherited my dad's polarizing personality, people either love our honest and forthrightness or hate us for being so vocal and unashamed and possibly socially awkward since most social ques are out side my field of ability.
I feel like when it comes to passion, the act of doing what you love should be effortless, right? In my experience that has always been half true, because in the short term I will get a spark of energy to draw and in that I could then draw for hours and finish my project, However, I have relied so heavily on waiting for that spark, that I often miss out on so much. In art class, I would just do the bare minimum, not because I thought the subject was boring, but because I just did not push myself to have that energy and felt sitting there making jokes with friends was a better use of my time as I wait until I "feel" like drawing. It feels now, I rejected myself to something I knew I loved just because I refused to do the work required to attain it.
Thanks mate
I used to teach English. I stole so much from this film for my classes. Edit - Happy one year anniversary on this video.
My dad taught English, too. He said the same 😆
your voice resonates very strongly with me, and i'd like to help you reach your goal to publish your writing. If you want to chat about processes, either in drafting, publishing, send me a message!
That's very kind of you. Is it something you know a lot about, then? I think the plan with my novel is to send it to agents when it's finished, but I've also been thinking about trying to publish a poetry collection, partly from people here encouraging me to publish my poems, and I feel so lost as to how I should go about that
@@mylittlethoughttree I am a ghostwriter by trade, but I also helped my mother transition her self-published non-fiction book about financial prognoses into being signed by her church’s publishing house, so I might have some helpful knowledge about the process of contacting and fielding offers. You can email me @ AndrewTrimbleis@gmail.com and I will answer any questions, or submit unbiased collegiate feedback about any writing you’re considering publishing. I am not without significant poetry analysis skills.
@@mylittlethoughttree additional bit of advice: if you have a local bookstore near you, the employees there might also have some helpful ideas more specifically targeted towards publishers of poetry or other genres around your area!
i feel like this would be a better speaker to have at say something like a school were it would just ground everyone a bit in a nice refreshing way opposed to the average