Mathew Watkins is an aspiring film maker.
Creativity is a wonderful thing.
You see it in children when their imaginative minds set out to create a picture which is different to the ones the other kids are drawing, and you see it in the writings of the young who want to put a spark into their stories.
So when I see the creative ambitions of a young person recognised not just locally, but internationally, I feel good about the world because their dreams and achievements have the ability to create a springboard for other young people to stand up and say "if they can do it then I can do it".
What also cheers me is that the pursuit of the arts, of music, of design, of still and moving pictures is well championed by establishments like the Eastern Institute of Technology in Taradale.
Design and music are part of life, as is the recreational entertainment of watching a film, be it fact or fiction.
