Probably not. I'm not going to lie, I've become calloused and cynical in the last six months towards the advertising industry in general. This may be hard to believe, but I CHOSE to be in this industry! I was an Advertising major/Business minor and not some cop out Communications failure who fell into the Ad pit. Looking back, I can't completely beat myself up over this, since there are more ridiculous things I could have done - like getting a pointless masters in "Advertising", but damn - I am starting to feel like a HACK.
When I was growing up, I took art lessons, piano lessons, horseback riding lessons and stole my parent's old-school video camera to film/direct countless movies and commercials of my sisters and friends. I wanted to be in Advertising because it combined two of my favorite things: shopping and creativity. Naturally, the creative side of this industry is competitive, and honestly, I would have probably felt like an even bigger hack, had I gone this route. There's my consolation.
Having your ass kissed gets old. And now I'm finding that all I want to do is write, paint, create, destroy, photograph, sing, film, act, scream, dance, laugh, and lie in the clouds and drink Bellini's all day. Yeah... I think that's what I'll do.
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