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I’m terrified that all these things I’m envisioning will not reflect well in real life; because that’s all it ever is: a reflection of the perfect idea in my head.

Like an artist, photographer or musician who gets frustrated that what he envisions goes through the canvas, the picture or the song, and by the time it reaches the audience, it’s only a shadow of that ideal vision in his mind. Nothing is ever exactly what we want it to be. Sometimes, if we’re lucky, a series of accidents creates a better product. But for the most part, every layer our vision goes through takes away a bit of its original quality. And in the end we’re presented with a half-baked mess that other people would be quick to dismiss.

Oh, if only they could see what’s in the mind of every artist, every creator. Even if it’s just an idea, something intangible, the beauty of the rawness of its form would cancel out the fact that it’s just a thought in someone’s head.