Jack of all trades

So anyway, my mom and I were talking the other day, about career stuff and talents and all that. And I sort of realized that I'm pretty good at lots of things, but lack that extra bit of talent and commitment to really come to the top and make it a career. For example, I can draw decently, but would never make it as an artist. I hope I can act, but I'd probably only get cast as a very few, very specific parts - not enough to live on. I really like writing, and I've actually received compliments on it, but I wouldn't want that to be the only thing I do. I like to sew, and I've actually designed and made some of my own projects, but I'd never be a fashion designer. I played the piano for six years, and taught lessons for two, but I could never make it as a concert pianist. etc, etc, etc. I even took one of those little magazine surveys (because those are so important - actually, this one was in Brio from Focus on the Family and probably better than most) about "finding your art form," which had singing, music, acting, writing, and creative categories, and I came out strong in all five. So, two things: I shouldn't be surprised that I've tried a million different things and keep switching majors. Also, being a director would actually be really good for me, because I could understand enough of what everyone else was doing to be able to communicate with them. Sometimes I feel like I'd like to say something through a song or a picture or a poem, but I don't have the skill to do it. However, if I can communicate that vision to the people working with me, maybe it will actually come out.

My other problem is that what I'm trying to communicate is so elusive; I'm trying to give a glimpse of the Other. I actually really like the title of Liz's FYS: "Glimpses of the Holy." Not holy as in stereotypical church, or Monty-Python style God, but glimpses of something outside this world. (No wonder I like fantasy and space stories so much.) That's really hard to do! However, I shouldn't be surprised. I should be glad that at least I do have something that I'm trying to communicate. It may come in glimpses and snatches, but at least it comes. Hopefully I'll be able to get that across.