"Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the weight of oceans and the turning stars. Whole universes fit in there! But what do we choose to keep in this miraculous cabinet? Little broken things, sad trinkets that we play with over and over. The world turns our key and we play the same little tune again and again and we think that tune's all we are.”
-Grant Morrison, The Invisibles
Opening with a quote that makes you think seemed like a good way to start things off.
I am a scenic designer, currently working mostly in theatre, but looking to expand into tv/film, industrial or corporate tradeshows, events, or interior/office design. I’m a person who seeks to create. Or, perhaps more accurately, I hope to foster creation. For all my personal ambition for what I want to do, I am also committed to the idea of education, which was a main reason for starting to write this. I want to use this as a way to offer insight into my personal career, lessons learned, and helping others gain a deeper, honest understanding of what may be ahead of them.
I am not a romantic who fell in love with a bohemian lifestyle. I’m a designer, with skills and craft, who chose a career that was intellectually, and professionally challenging. If you fall in love with a life in the theatre, or the arts, I hope it is truly love, because lust will fade, and things will get hard. Loving this life means accepting that it is not perfect, it is not better than others, but it is for you, and you cannot live without it. That said, I am not trying to scare you off-quite the opposite. I invite you to be inspired, because I sincerely believe we can all use a little more art in our lives.
This blog has many goals. I want to share with you my personal thoughts and experiences as a young professional in a difficult field. I want to offer insight into process and technique as it pertains to design. I want to be honest with you, and teach you the lessons as I learn them, so that you can be informed.
I aim to speak not just to people working in my field, but anyone seeking inspiration. 2010 was one of the worst years to graduate college and try to enter the work force-whether you worked in the arts, or anywhere else.
I hope you can learn from what I write, because I write this for you, to offer a helping hand, or a foundation, so that you may begin to build and create on your own.
In the future, posts will discuss the following:
1) The Process- techniques, and mechanical skills. The specifics of the “design” job. Hopefully useful for those starting out, or just curious about what exactly I do.
2) Personal Projects-lessons learned, concepts for projects, or just (hopefully) funny stories.
3) The Future- ambition is the key to success, and it is what keeps you growing, as a person and an artist.
I promise the other entries will not be as sappy. Many will probably be hilarious. Well, they might be a little funny. Hilarious is a bit presumptuous.
However, every entry will be passionate. I love my job, I love my life, and I want to show you why.
Do not design for the future; design the future itself.
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