Hey wassup everyone, this is MetalGamer here – oh wait, I
can’t say that anymore…
[HARD CUT]
Hey wassup everyone, this is Ralphael. And do you guys
remember that melodramatic “Final Channel Update” I uploaded a while back? It’s
hard to believe that was more than two years ago at this point. Also, that
sucker went on to have a significantly higher viewer to subscriber ratio than any
of my regular videos at the time, which is quite ironic in hindsight. Perhaps I
should consider quitting YouTube more often.
But anyway, that’s beside the point. The point is I’m
back! … Well, to a certain extent. To another extent I’ve been back for a long
time. Those of you who subscribed to my new channel (Pacheco Projects &
Productions or P^3 for short) have probably already noticed that we’ve been
uploading quality weekly content there for months now. I say “we” because the
channel is a co-venture between my sibling and I, and we hope to open it to more
collaborators in the future. But for now, every week we’re putting out all
sorts of creative and production-based videos. And I must say: with the greater
emphasis on creative content, I’ve found the work I’m doing over on that
channel far more fulfilling than almost everything I’ve done on this channel. So
with that being said, if you want to see the passion projects my sibling and I
are churning out every single week, then a highly recommend subscribing to that
channel if you haven’t already.
So anyway, now that I’ve done the sales pitch, let me try
and contribute to the topic at hand, and that is: Who. Am. I?
That seems like a very simple question but the truth is
I’ve found myself at a bit of a crossroad in my life’s journey. Like I said in
that final update video, the main reason I quit YouTube was to focus on my
academics, but for reasons I won’t get into that ended up falling through and I
am no longer in college. Which was strange for someone like me whose whole life
had been academics up until that point. Throughout my secondary education, I
dedicated myself to being the best student I could possibly be and for me:
higher education was the endgame. So to have that swept out from under me was a
jarring possibility at the time. But, I had faith. And I’m certainly not the
type to stop learning just because I’m not in school. So I’ve still been trying
to expand my horizons and teach myself all sorts of skills since I dropped out.
And that brings me to where I’m at now: the crossroads I
spoke of earlier. I’ve been having a bit of an identity crisis, in a way. My
mind spends lots of time fluctuating around the existential quandary of who I
am and who I’m meant to be. Am I a writer? Am I a filmmaker? Am I both? [insert
porque no los dos?] And this is all coming on the heels of wanting to be a game
developer, while simultaneously BEING something of an online entertainer on our
Twitch livestreams.
So those are the facts, but the question still remains:
Who am I? Well, I’m an artist to be sure, but is that too broad? I think not.
In fact, if you ask me: why should the term “artist” be a limiting factor? That
seems antithetical don’t you think? To quote the late philosopher Bruce Lee
[insert Bruce Lee pic]: “There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you
must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” We live in an age where
information is more accessible than ever, and thus skills and crafts are more
learnable than they’ve ever been. In celebration of that, we shouldn’t limit
ourselves to the options the road gives us. Instead, we should carve our own
path across the landscape and have faith
that our lives will be guided to finding their fulfillment. To quote one of my
recently deceased personal heroes [insert Monty Oum pic]: Just “keep moving
forward.” So yeah, I’ll continue aspiring to be a writer, since I’m fascinated by
storytelling and I’ve identified as one for as long as I’ve known how to write.
And yeah, I’ll continue honing my craft as a filmmaker. And I’ll keep doing
both of these with the infinite sphere of online digital media as my platform. Because
creativity is my calling, but being limited to a medium, is simply not.
We have in each of us the powerful opportunity to crush
that limitation, and that’s what I’ve conceded to do. So who am I? I’m Ralphael
Pacheco. And I’m all of the above. You can find me around the interwebs, links
in the description if you’re interested. God bless.
LINKS
My primary channel P^3: https://www.youtube.com/user/MGMachinima/
My Twitch channel P^2: http://www.twitch.tv/p_squared
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRaphPatch
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