After reading over Southan’s essay again, there are some other details I picked up on and noted in the text that I think are very important, and something we could incorporate into our lives. They are two points that go hand in hand as follows. The first is a quote from Steven Soderbergh’s Oscar acceptance speech (2001). “I don’t care if it’s a book, a film, a painting, a dance, a piece of theater, a piece of music….I think this world would be unlivable without art”. (Pg 2, Paragraph 3)

This shows the importance of art and describes its many forms. All of the many different, creative ways of self expression. This quote gives examples of what art means to others and that it is much more than what you can picture on canvas.

Right after this though we read where Southan starts to doubt screenwriting as if it doesn’t count as art or as something most people don’t view as artistic. “I started to doubt whether this retreat was an appropriate venue for my screenwriting ambitions after all.” (Pg 2, Paragraph 4)

He really seems to think his screenwriting isn’t valid when it is. Art comes in countless forms and screenwriting is definitely considered something. I took this for a fixed mindset rather a growth one, because it was as if he had given up on his work, like he’s unworthy when he isn’t/shouldn’t feel that way.