I was about 13 years old when I sprained my ankle as I was tackled in a game of football. As my short/uneventful life flashed before my eyes, I realized that I was never going to become a pro-football player anytime soon. What I did think about during that moment was, "I wonder if Rihanna could visit me in the hospital to cheer me up before I go towards the light?" Neither came true but I did get to be homeschooled for the rest of the year which meant no more sh*tty school food for me.
Music has always been in the background of my life. Headphones are practically a part of my anatomy at this point. I've always been fascinated with the way sounds and visuals perfectly compliment one another especially when it comes to music videos or even in films as well. I love how storytelling and cinematography can be enhanced with the use of few chords or a couple melodies. Directors such as Anthony Mandler, F. Gary Gary, Francis Lawrence (etc.) are just a couple of my biggest inspirations when it comes to videography. Whenever I listen to music I imagine what the visual version of a song would look like in my head and I always seem to know what the next single an artist is going to choose from their latest album to release a video for.
It's hard enough to have your voice be heard being a 19 year old "Millennial", especially for the next 4 years. The idea that there still are close-minded, ignorantly-backwards-thinking people who are able to sleep peacefully at night still baffles me. I believe that eventually we will be able to live in a world where we are able to put aside our personal grudges/believes, look back and laugh at a time when we picked a reality-tv star to be in charge of a county. The fact that music is an international language gives me hope that one day we can all just be humans. Hopefully I can still meet Rihanna too.
* "Parking Lot" by Anderson .Paak plays in the background *
