Amateur

I've read Maya Deren's, "Amateur vs. Professional," before. It continues to give me a kick in the pants about creating. It reminds me that I don't have to wait to have x, y, z equipment or resources to make a film. It doesn't have to be complicated. If you have anything you can use to create, film or otherwise, then use it to create! I have a camera on my phone and computer that I neglect to utilize because I keep fantasizing about having some kind of handheld camera for photography and filming. I have all that I need already! Will it be of Hollywood "caliber"? Of course not. Does that mean it's not worth making? Obviously not. I get so many ideas and then hold myself up by waiting to have a specific tool to express it. I have a specific vision that I feel just can't be executed with out this one specific thing. But I can make something just as worthwhile, even if it's just for myself, with what I have. My passion for making film should not be limited by my insecurities about technology. If I have something to film with, I can make a movie. And I should make movies. And I should stop sitting here writing about it and actually go and do it....