Ever since I was a child, I’ve been driven by one passion: the desire to create. I didn’t know about this passion until I saw a film that would change my life— Spider-Man, directed by Sam Raimi. There was a scene in the movie where Peter Parker is brainstorming ideas for his superhero suit, and something about that scene in particular just sparked an interest within me- an aspiration that was hard to describe, but it caused me to pick up a pencil and start drawing. I was still very young, so obviously my drawings kind of looked like garbage, but I kept persisting. I filled notebooks with sketches, I would draw in the hopes to be as good as the other artists that inspired me.

However, as the years crept on, I became extremely frustrated with my lack of progress. I wasn’t improving the way I wanted to. Soon, my motivation to draw had slowly slipped away, unlikely to ever come back again. I quickly ditched drawing and moved onto other hobbies, like playing an instrument, but nothing gave me that same feeling I once had when I was sketching on the page.

Then, miraculously- another gamechanger. I stumbled into 3D art and animation. At first, it was just something cool to try. But the more I learned, the more that familiar feeling I once had returned. I realized that my love for art hadn’t necessarily come from drawing itself (although it was pretty fun sometimes). It was the action of creation that I so deeply adored.

That realization changed everything for me. I began to explore creation beyond visuals. I started writing stories, scripts, characters, scenes- and I found that storytelling was just as powerful as animation or drawing. Each medium allowed me to explore something new. The more I worked, to clearer my goal was. I wanted to create. I wanted to use all these mediums altogether to create something. And that’s when I realized that what I want to be in the future is a direcor. And so, I’ve devoted myself to learning everything I can. Whether it’s studying films, practicing screenwriting, or building small animated shorts, I’m trying to take steps to become a better creator. And although I’ve faced setbacks, I know not to let them discourage me anymore. I want to create stories that inspire people the same way Spider-Man once inspired me. I want to become a director—not for the title, but for the power of sharing something meaningful with others.