Make It Personal

“I’ve been hiding from this story since I was 17 years old.” -Steven Spielberg from his Golden Globe speech talking about his film The Fabelmans

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” -C.S. Lewis

To love is to risk.

To love is to be vulnerable.

When making your art, if you feel scared or nervous because this one’s personal, that’s a good sign. You’re going in the right direction. Keep going.

Make it personal.

That’s how you’ll make it memorable.

P.S. – This article on Steven Spielberg and the making of his film, The Fabelmans.