Inspired by The Dark Knight

I had recently watched the Dark Knight - that batman movie. I was awed. That's my personal opinion. Why was I awed? It was a great movie. Great storyline, great actors, delicately directed and other things I'm unable to describe in such short paragraph. Only one negative point- there were too many kids watching that movie thinking it's the typical superheroes movie.

Man oh man.. I'm still replaying scenes from the movie in my head.

How does it work? What clicked inside my head that I liked it so much? What is it that get us attracted and what is it that make us repel? Why a picture will win an award while others are not even worth a second glance.

I know there's no absolute answer but if any of you have a thought on this matter then why not share them?

As for me - I'm always driven by ideas.... Call me a dreamer or a fool... hey it's true. Donald Trump in his book "Think BIG and Kick Ass in Business and Life" started the book by telling us how to dream. Dream BIG.. stop dreaming small. In that book, the content is surrounding financial security. I might not necessarily agree with a philosophy purely driven by power and wealth, but I do agree to get somewhere we must at least know where we are and where we want to be.

We can apply this concept to every part of our life: Becoming an artist, becoming a man, becoming a student, becoming a businessman, becoming a mother, a son, a daughter, a boyfriend... it all starts with a mental image of what we want to become.

In the movie Batman, the Joker has an idea of what his life should be. Nevertheless his idea is corrupted by his childhood trauma. He couldn't take it and began painting a mental image that is psychotic.

Harvey Dent also has a mental image of what Gotham City should be. A city where there's no criminal, where everybody can live safe and free of corruption.

Each one of us has our own ideals, however our ideal world is not always accepted by other people. If you want to put it bluntly, some of our ideas will not be successful commercially - meaning no one would ever want to spend money for your ideals.

At the very essence, I guess life is about the battle of ideas. Yours against mine. Some of us will make changes to our ideas to fit our needs in life. While others are unwilling to compromise for integrity purposes.

It's always inspiring to see an individual who are unwilling to compromise and later find out that they find success. I think that is why I really like The Dark Knight because I feel the vision of that movie is uncompromised and true to the story that need to be told.

And I notice such is the case with many other inspiring stories of individuals fighting the flow of society, fighting the norm values, rising above them, taking the challenge and overcoming them with success.

For me art when uncompromised will reach a new height and communicates so much more than just a picture. It is the bridge between our idea and reality. Through practice we get better at making our ideas into reality. And our skill grows with the challenge of our new ideas. With time, we will become a mature artist with a mature work and a mature vision. Someday I hope to be that.