DOERS AND MAKERS
One
of my biggest fears is conformity.
That is living an ordinary life without
challenging myself to go out of typical
human formation to create and invent,
do something that’s never been done
before. Funny enough, when we are
young, as young as primary school,
teachers ask what we want to be when
we grow up. The responses are always
in the line of a nurse, doctor, soldier,
police officer or teacher. Only few will
say, singer, bodyguard or professional
wrestler. “Be realistic, choose something else,” is what teachers respond
when you want something that no one
has chosen.
They ask us what we want to be when
we grow up; then they tell us what we
cannot be.
We are kids, what else can we be?
by Maatla Kgasa
Typically, you have dreams and aspirations, but there is always something
or someone that wants you to do
something else. There is always that
factor, that obstacle that makes you
second oneself. Why choose to be a
typical, uninspired, normal being?
In his song Views, Canadian-born
rapper, Drake sings, “You don’t
worry ‘bout fitting in when you custom
made...”