if you want it

Ever heard the phrase " if there is a will, there is a way ". When I was asked by my buddies to contribute here, I thought to myself - hell do I have the time? But then I really wanted to, since it is one of my lifelong ambitions to contribute something to magazines, and now that the chance arrives, it might be one of many or it might be the last one!

So the next question in mind is where do I start? This is harder than I thought it would be, thus to the pile of magazines we go! Who knows some brilliant inspiration might come if I read something written by other writers, not that I want to copy and plagiarise but we all need someone or something to inspire us, don’t we? Or maybe it is just me..Oh stop that cheat jibes, all you jealous people! Maybe that is what is wrong in our creative industry where people don’t know the difference between copying from and inspired by...but let’s leave that for another time shall we?

Going through piles of recently issued magazines, I found they share something in common, it seems Global Warming is the hot topic for early 2008! Global Warming is the shit! It’s cool, it's hip, it's the now and here theme! Does this has anything to do with the documentary by Mr. Al Gore, The Inconvenient Truth, I don’t know how many of you has seen the movie, but I have to say that I respect the person for making this documentary about global warming. It is truly ethical for him to show how much he cared for our world, but.... I don’t know maybe it's just my sarcasm and cynical being, I just don’t get it, why in the world did he include the scene where he lost the election to junior in a documentary movie about Global Warming? Is it another political move by Mr. Gore? Or another typical American scam? Well aside from that, I really respect what he did, at least he decided to act by making the documentary.

That is what I reckon people nowadays should do, instead of declaring what they believe and telling others to listen to them, why can’t you just act it out? I love this quote from Mr. Lennon where he said " War is over, if you want it ". So really, people, what matters most is whether you want it or not, I mean it is pointless to keep shouting out loud about what you believe in if you do not act upon what you believe in. Instead of doing strikes (read demo) about reformation and such, why don’t you start reforming within yourself first so that people can see the results beforehand? Instead of printing about global warming on cool nice and glossy paper, why don’t use recycled paper and help reduce the use of forest? Instead of thinking what to write for a magazine, why don’t you just start writing anything and if you really want it, eventually you will get it done. Don't get me wrong though. I am not saying that good results will come out without preparation.

Here I am now, passing my 500 words quota. Well reading back to the top, I don’t really understand the words I said but then again, I manage to get the writing done on time, and by the grace of the editors, you and I might meet again in the next issue. But for now, tell yourself this “If you want it, start acting like you want it.”

A homage tribute to the people of frames magazine for their courage to start something they believe in.