I love the slogan from Hugh Macleod - “Create or die.” So simple, but so hard for me to live up to. The art of life, that’s my blog. I am best at art when I have clear stretches of time to do art, like taking a few months off to go to Paris. But what about when you go back to work?
When you start a new job there is the inevitable exhaustion from trying to get up to speed, learn names, culture, and processes… and then you try to apply the information. How long can I use this excuse for not doing my own art? It’s been 3 months and I love my new job and my new company and all the opportunities. Gosh – I’m almost envious of myself working on video games at Lucasfilm! I just need to figure out how to slip a little creative time for me.
I hear you, when I was in the same situation, working in corporate america in SF, i found that I often had a similar conversation with friends…so are you making art? Or that our conversations often went in this direction. So we started collaborating and committing to make one small piece every two weeks and to pass it on to someone we knew. It was all very simple and difficult because the intentions and big ideas could potentially get in the way. But it was great and stimulating to receive a postcard in the mail from a stranger that took the time to sketch, paint, photograph some little inspiration for me. Maybe a small act of creativity is all you need. Want to send me a postcard…I will send one back.
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