navigating the creative industry - visibility, creative freedom & status

youtube episode: https://youtu.be/Jer_eAG1q1s

everyone is creating, everyone is creative!!! your desire to create is valid whether you pursue it as a hobby, side-quest, side-hustle or a career! one creative skill might take many forms in different stages of your life. sharing my thoughts and observations based on my own personal experience on how you can explore, refine and navigate your creativity, your career and the creative industry. i think even if you don't work in the creative industry this same model can apply to different disciplines too.

00:00

00:58 - being creative is inherent to the human experience

03:50 - intro to quadrant diagram

04:47 - high visibility x creative freedom

05:19 - industry x high visibility

05:32 - industry x low visibility

06:20 - creative freedom x low visibility

06:46 - pedestaling of high visibility x industry careers

07:48 - get to know yourself before assuming there is only one version of success

09:25 - mapping the terrain and navigating accordingly

09:59 - pros & cons to every quadrants

10:05 - high visibility x industry

11:05 - industry x low visibility

12:13 - creative freedom x low visibility

13:09 - high visibility x creative freedom

14:28 - advice for young/aspiring creatives

15:36 - now is the best time to flop

16:49 - the challenge and the process has to become as rewarding as the outcome

17:46 - taste makers vs trend followers

19:00 - try different approaches, embrace different opportunities

21:38 - focus on doing before refining strategy

22:24 - you should be creating more than you are complaining

22:55 - being hot & having fun creative philosophy

24:04 - proof of concept, get experience

25:29 - learn how to communicate and present your work