i truly don't know what the title was, but when i was probably about 14 my dad heard i was getting into writing. he gave me a little book he said my uncle had written some time ago. no idea if it was published anywhere, but it told this story about a robot/cyborg guy questioning his life and searching for meaning. i totally forgot about it until this point but it really inspired me back then.
last year of elementary school, my teacher gave us a list of books and we had to choose one to present it to the class after holidays. i was the only one who chose The Martian Chronicles - because my dad transmitted his ufo hyperfixation to me (he saw one when he was young and that really stuck with him) - first literature emotion of my life, i’ll never forget how the way i saw the world changed afterwards
i don't know why, but i come back to this short story from time to time. okay, i do know why. i think. it's so simple, but i like the sentiment and how it basically says… choose kindness—it's the only logical choice. anyway, it's by the guy who wrote the martian, andy weir.
my mother and i would have serene dreams tea together every night before i went back to school. now we do it over facetime but it's really nice to have time to just sit down with someone you love and talk with them
i start a lot of my projects by researching things related to what i'm working on. just google your topic and look at articles (jstor is a great place to find scholarly stuff)🎢 or if you're doing film ubu web is a lovely place to find inspiration! i'm also a big fan of internet archive because there's all sorts of crazy random stuff on there. i find that researching helps me solidify my ideas🐆
