There is more it than that...

Rob Anybody -

Illustrated by Paul Kidby

http://www.paulkidby.net/

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'Rob had mastered the first two rules of writing, as he understood them: 1) steal some paper 2) steal a pen. Unfortunately there was more to it than that'.

Sir Terry Practhett* - A Hat Full of Sky

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As with many activities in life having the correct equipment does not necessarily mean you will be any good at it. Many people took great pains to stress this to me when I bought my SLR camera and announced I wanted to be a photojournalist. Like Rob I decided to try anyway... I am pleased to report that I have been shortlisted for a journalism cadetship based on my article 'The Namibia Shot' (See first post to this blog). Recently, upon hearing I wanted to pursue photojournalism, one of my ecology professors told me I should 'stick to the science '. My advice to him is ‘stick to the science’ and leave the advice up to those who know better .

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*It never ceases to amaze me how well Terry Practhett understands the human condition. He so fundamentally understands humanity that he manged to produce a series of books where the world is flat, troll rights are an issue and death is a friendly skeleton, and yet manged to pass it off as a satire. Not only did he pull it off but he was knighted for his efforts. Incidentally Terry Practhett started out as a newspaper journalist. For more information on Terry Practhett and his books go to http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/

What do you do when all your dreams come true?

A while ago I was offered what I thought was the position of my dreams. A chance to study chilid fish in the African lakes... one catch I had to relocate to Grahamstown for about 8 years while I completed a masters and PhD. This is what what came out of that experience.

The thing about dreams is that deep down one never expects them to come true and if they do you never expect it to be a hard decision to follow them. But life is funny cause dreams are born in your mind and the half world between fantasy and reality. While you live on earth. A world of responsibility and practicality. A world of plans and people. If following your dreams means everything else changes, is it still your dream? Do you take the adventure, swallow your fears and forgo your plans to jump right in?Will you always regret it if you don't? And what of those dreams you sacrifice to make it happen? Do they fade away or will you always wonder what if? You never expect when all your dreams come true to be wondering what to do...