Career Adventures
i got a call from my school. they wanted to use my student work for some ads they are doing to promote the program. i still have my projects on display at the school for students to review. so anyway i gave him permission to use my stuff, i tried asking for recognition ofor the ad but apparently they don't want to.. thats ok. i just asked for a copy of the ad. i am hoping to use this somewhere. where? i don';t know it may just come in handy at some point.
i finally got the letterhead done for the company and had it approved. ah th joys of working the ropes of your career. small jobs can only lead to bigger projects. and its just a preparation of the bigger better ones i do hope that when the big projects come i will be ready to step up to the plate for it.
lets see.. i also got the hard hats out of the door today. so i am happy about that. progress.
nice to know things are moving along
Getting it Done
Finally that bloody newsletter is done. not that happiest thing in the world but hey its something. as one of the very first art director's i have ever met once said "What to do?". you have to pay your dues i guess. if ever someone ever digs up my past projects it will really be the embarassing momments. it's almost as comparable to your parents bringing out your baby photo's with your johnson and your bright red balls sticking out for all to see. what makes you good at what you do? how do you become the top person out there? how do you do it? it seems almost impossible. the challenges of taking the image in your brain and putting it on paper and making it look better then what you imagined.
practice, practice, practice. if only i was practicing. i should although the job i am in does not allow me to practice my craft i should continue to do spec ads. i have to do it. this is gettting to be ridiculous. i have to move to get to where i want to be. work hard play hard.
maybe i hsould make myslef a creative workout schedule. should really get back to working on my portfolio. have to get those ads working. things to do creatively:
1. spec ads
2. re-read my books
3. find more books to read
4. start subscription for ad mags/annuals
5. start taking names of who is who in the industry and start putting his/her work to his face.
need to get serious about this. AHHHH.. reality is sinking in. i can not keep doing proposals all my life. i need a mentor.
Mood Swings
how does one constantly keep himslef creatively motivated? is procastination a creative process? well maybe procastination is not the right term. it may seem like nothing is happening but really the thought process continues. this is part of the creative process... the incubator stage should be an appropriate name. its the pressure of the deadline that forces all that built up energy to something devine and ultimately creative. is this normal? i wonder if creative people experience this the same way. are we all really lazy? or do we work too hard? procastination or incubation? can you really set time frames for creativity? no matter what happens it always seems that the closer you are to the deadline the stronger the creative sense to elevate your thought... almost similar to a spidey sense. this makes me re-call the last documentary i've seen on star wars... george lucas takes a step back on the very last day the final minute before the film was released to change the tittle of his film from "Revenge of the Jedi" to "Return of the Jedi" why didn't he see the logic of this earlier during the creative process? why did it only make sense on the final hour? can you train yourself to push just as hard a week before the deadline?
another common thing i have found with creatives is the love of spicy food. i have come across a lot of creative people who love wasabe and tabasco just as much as i do. why is that? is that coincidence? or is it really a trai we unknowingly have in common. just as i once heard a professional organizer mention that creative people have the tendency to stack things instead of putting them away. do i have this tendency ? sometimes but not all the time... hmm on second thought i do have 2 attitudes. when at work i am almost at a different personality, everything is tucked and filed away properly where as at home i have papers stacked on my desk.
am i really creative? what makes you creative? is shouting out loud to the world " I am creative" make me certified creative? is winning an award a sign of being creative? or do we wait till a friend says you are creative? who certifies you to be creative? does having an appelation on your busniess card make you more creative then the next person? who can really say they are creative? i guess at the end of the day you are your on judge. you are your own board of certification. being creative is in everyone... perhaps the proper term for being creative is simple knowing how to "think". harnessing "think" makes you creative. the stronger "think" the more creative you become. so who can say how strong you think? maybe others who can see the outcome of your "think"? and if its something beyond their own "think" then maybe you can be considered creative in their eyes. but does that really matter? "in their eyes" i think not. i guess being able to "think" is unique to each one of us and each will have a different outcome and all should be considered creative. creativity should have no right or wrong. creativity should be an expression of yourself. is expressing yourself wrong? a conservative who is limited to what the status quo thinks will most likely say yes. for those people who are in that situation i pitty you. look beyond your pond there is a whole ocean out there. is complete carefree expression chaos? lawlessness? barbarism? maybe the best position is to be observant to both ends.
