Today I want to write about Walt Disney. At first, I want to introduce his words I love.
"I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a Mouse."
These words push my back all the time. We hope to realize something big, and I think this is an important thing. I love these words by William Smith Clark.
"Boys, be ambitious."
I've ever lived with ambition. And I possess high ambitions now, too. But at the same time it is necessary to keep in mind that everything starts with a small thing. These words make me remind that. And these words teach me that I could do everything by starting my small action. So when I face some difficulties, I remember these words in my mind. If I do so, I feel as if I could do everything I want to do. Thus Walt Disney encourages me now and then. So today, I hope that this blog post might be something that you can rely on. Okay. Let's get started. I'll write about his way of thinking about failures mainly.
About Failure
When his Laugh-O-Gram Studio went into bankruptcy, Walt might be so tough. And when world war Ⅱ occurred, and his employees took strike action, he might experience such a hard time for him. Almost people might stop their challenge at those times. But he overcame these experience. And he didn't stop his challenge and decided to go to Hollywood to chase on his dream. These strong mentality is from his way of thinking. He thought his failures as not negative things but positive things. Well, I'll quote some of his words about failures.
"It is good to have a failure while you're young because it teaches you so much. For one thing it makes you aware that such a thing can happen to anybody, and once you've lived through the worst, you're never quite as vulnerable afterward."
"All my troubles and obstacles have strengthened me."
"A kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
These words encourage me all the time. It's easy for us to accept our failures as just failures. But he didn't recognize them as only failures. His these words tell us that he tried to think his failure as something essential and educational things. My favorite writer and Holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl, says that we can give it meaning by the way we respond to it. I love this way of thinking. Walt Disney gave his failures meaning also. So he could use his these experience in his next actions. I think this is such an inspirational thing. All of us can use our failures. If we experience a failure, it's okay to find the meaning of the fault. And he says like these.
"In bad times and good, I have never lost my sense of zest for life."
"The victories must not be too easy. Strife to test valor is still an always will be the basic ingredient of the animated tale, as of all screen entertainments."
Yes. If we think our lives are screen entertainments or animations, our failures are essential ingredients to entertain others. And let's overcome them and touch our audience.
About Book
And I love these words about books of him.
"When I was a kid, I read an art book and the author advised young artists to be themselves. That decided it for me."
"Inspiration for what we produce in television and motion pictures comes from reading, observing the world of humans around us and also the animal kingdom."
"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot."
"Everyone has been remarkably influenced by a book."
Not only Walt Disney but also my favorite artists, for example, Coco Chanel, Michael Jackson, Karl Lagerfeld, Shuji Terayama and Osamu Dazai are avid readers. I think their reading experience might make their unique personality and art pieces. Reading books gives us a lot of inspiration and leads us to another world where we've never been. So I love reading books, and I have some books which influenced me a lot. Do you have any books that influenced you and change your life? If you have any recommendation, please feel free to leave a comment.
Today I put the pen here. Soon I will write about Walt Disney more and more because I've never written about him enough. Thanks for your reading. And I hope you'll enjoy this post. Feel free to leave me a comment.
