A CREATIVE LIFE

There are few rules of creativity. In most case’s it’s whatever works for you. But one of the real rules is that experience expands creativity. Experience and an open mind. The more you know, the larger your world.

You will always need to know the basics and you will always need to keep improving on them. If you can find somewhere to continue practice the better. Life drawing classes, design classes, what ever is available. If your further along in your abilities then a great way to learn is to teach. That will really help sharpen your abilities.

My own specialty is illustration, design and creative thought. But at times I find myself doing sculpting or building bread board prototypes for presentations. Experimenting with lighting design and sound concepts or even stage magic. At times I find myself designing food concepts or candy concepts and end up cooking in the kitchen.

All of this has been made possible by experiencing as much as you can. In my younger days I worked construction, worked as a chef and a pastry chef’s assistant. I taught skiing, was a maintenance man, a plumbers assistant, a volunteer fireman, a bartender and even a wild animal trainer for movie’s.

All of this while attempting to get established as an artist. But All of that contributed to becoming a creative. Being creative just means that you are using all of your experience. The more experience the more that you could draw on.

Work experience is not the only way either. Traveling expands your horizons. Really what I’m saying is that you need to really live life and be open to all of life's lessons.