Yesterday, my wife and I saw Pixar’s Ratatouille on a digital screen at the Rave Theater in East Ridge. It was fantastic, hilarious, and heartening. The director describes it as a story about achieving impossible dreams, and maybe that’s the idea I was smiling so much about afterward, but I worded it differently. A food critic says that though everyone cannot be a great artist, a great artist can come from anywhere. As the story’s featured cookbook claims, “Anyone can cook.” That means you, especially if you see our society or select industries against you.
I heard an interview this week with a woman who said that while studying drama at Harvard in the ’70s she was encouraged to pursue children’s theater, “because women can’t direct theater.” Neither she nor the NPR interviewer wanted to believe such an idea was common at Harvard in those days. But that idea is everywhere, is it not? Someone may tell you that being the type of person you are prevents you from accomplishing your goal, but it ain’t necessarily so.
Dream your impossible dream. Work on it no matter what the chances of success, and do it all to the glory of your Lord and Savior. You may be a great artist–no matter who you are. You won’t find out unless you try.