Day: March 13, 2023

As cool as it is to create new and interesting artwork from out of the ether, the thing that I really like about my day job as a graphic designer is the immediacy of the feedback. Good or bad, I’m not waiting months or years for a sign of how it’s going. I like that. It really helps you to kill your darlings, and not get so precious with your work. At least not paid work for clients, personal projects for me only, are another matter entirely. Some folks may have to wait for their bi-annual review, or yearly review to hear about how they are doing, and what people think about them. Not me. I’ll hear all about it almost immediately. I like that. Sometimes the feedback is scathing. Don’t care. Couldn’t have spent more than a day on it, so no major harm done. I might argue with folks to be concise, or to offer constructive criticisms, but I’m ok if you don’t like it. No body bats 1000. It let’s me know right away if I’m on your wave length, or it tells me if you don’t really know how to file a brief to get what you want. Or that you had no ideas to start from, and just need something to help steer you in the right direction. Immediacy is great for ideation, and creativity. But I digress.

Writing terrible poetry was a favored pastime of mine many moons ago. And boy did I put pen to paper for some serious cheese. Reams of paper full of awful slang, and mixed malaphors. We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it. She’s moist like a damp towel type nonsense. It was gloriously freeing in how terrible it all was. Wish I’d had the confidence to keep more of it than I chose to. It would have played well with the cringe crowd. I could’a been internet famous for all the wrong reasons. No matter.

I think today is Monday. I do have a few work emails to attend to today. Just in the process of making and consuming pancakes with my kids. No Domestic Duties entry for today. Ahhhhhh… the crowd moans. There’s always next week! Stay safe out there this March Break. Ciao Bella.