01/11/2025
I am a huge contradiction…
Despite stop motion being one of the most time-consuming, patience-testing mediums there is… I am an incredibly impatient person in the rest of my life.
Here are some things I am especially impatient about:
🚗 Car travel: I find travelling SO boring. I just want to be there 10 minutes ago. Unfortunately being impatient also makes me a below-average driver. (I’ve done the speeding course three times eek). BUT I am an exceptional parallel parker, so I’m claiming that as balance.
💻 Business: I always want everything to happen yesterday. I’m very guilty of chasing shiny new ideas, but as I head into my fifth year in business, I’m learning to trust the process more. And honestly? It’s actually quite freeing.
☕️ Kettles: I never get a cup of tea the first time. I’ll put the kettle on, get distracted, it goes cold, then I re-boil it… and repeat. At home we’ve got a Quooker which has completely ruined me - the studio kettle doesn’t stand a chance.
But somehow, moving objects a millimetre at a time for stop motion doesn’t bother me. In fact, it’s the opposite… I get into this almost meditative flow, and suddenly hours have passed.
Maybe patience just needs a creative purpose? 👀
Do you have any weird personality contradictions? Drop them below - I want to know I’m not alone in this one 👇
