Ever since I can remember, I had stories I wanted to tell. I would make up little worlds and characters in my head and think about them all day long. But as I grew older, I was told that I had to stop. I couldn’t spend all day daydreaming. I needed to do something useful, something productive, something I could make a career out of. This didn’t, and still doesn’t, make sense to me. Why would I want to do boring things in a boring world, when I could be having amazing adventures in my head? They say repetition is the best way to convince someone of something. So eventually, I stopped daydreaming. Every time I thought about my characters and stories I made up, I felt sad. Like a mother that abandoned her children. But what could I do? Daydreaming and making up stories aren’t productive.  Until I realized that it could be, if I made it. I decided I’d become an animator and animate my stories! First, I had to improve my art. That’s where my sketchbook comes in! This single book allows me to make progress towards my dreams and helps me express my ideas and put them out into the world. I’m still working on my art, and I know I have a lot of further to go and improve before I can make a full series. But I’m confident that I can do it someday. Even if I have to be a stereotypical starving artist, I will do it.   

– Nina

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