Creative Career

I was watching this fabulous documentary about advertising and when it reaches certain heights it is "art". It talked a lot about how advertising is really about human connection and not purely the "sale". The idea of touching mass people and bringing millions of people together through experience is pretty impressive idea. The documentary was much more than I had hoped for.

Part of a creative career, the inside part, is the core of "why" you do it. A thought I have recently read about hit a note with me. When one has a career that allows you to create something "real" in the physical world it is a way of "cheating death". I create things that will last beyond my lifetime and touch people's lives that I will never meet. That ripple effect is extremely powerful and fuels the "why do I do this" every day. I think most certainly my desire is to "cheat death" and live beyond what I will be limited to in this life. This concept is a perfect snapshot for me. It applies to both my career and my art.