After many stops and starts I finally found my place career wise at 30; I finally found advertising. It was fun and fast and always changing. I was surrounded by amazing people: designers, writers and just about everyone else involved in the process offered inspiration. The office manager for one agency I worked for is the most amazing artists. I own two of her pieces. A certain production manger has a painting that I would love to have if only she’d sell it. Too many beautiful photos to list them all and some of the best talks I have ever had over cheap beer. They inspired me and I had found my nitch.
But now I am here in Italy and feeling a little uninspired. I know what you thinking. People go to Italy to be inspired. Yes that is true. There is quite a lot around me that is inspiring. I spend a lot of my time saying wow and looking with wonder. But what I am lacking is direction.
It’s true that I have a ton of free time now. Yet all this free time has not inspired me to finish the blanket that I have been working on for over a year now but has given me a lot of time to think and so far I have come up with this; I like to touch and feel things. I love the way books smell, the feel of fabrics and the texture of ceramic, metals and natural things. I like my music lush and with emotion. I am obsessed by all the design, photograhy and art blogs. I love well put together magazines like Dwell. I enjoy the texture of the pages just as much as the photos and the articles. I guess I am what you call a tactile person. I need to feel it. In all aspects of my life.
Okay, that’s great but what the hell do you do with that? I mean really? What is my new career objective? I like to touch stuff? Professional Browser?
I’d like to see myself having a fabulous ETSY store but the reality is that I am a slow knitter, as mentioned above, and my skills are not that great in any of my many craft endeavours. Believe me I have done most every craft out there from stamping to jewelry making; good enough for family gifts and personal use but nothing anyone would buy that is for sure. There are so many things that interest me that I am finding it hard to put a fine point on it. I do know that they fall in the creative realm. I’d list them all for you but you’d probably think I was having a midlife crisis or at least a case of AADD.
So now what? I can keep filing my days with my casalinga duties,walking the dog and blog surfing until I find my direction but truth be told I am starting to climb the walls. Maybe I need to order a copy of What Color Is Your Parachute. If only there was a book called N This Is What You Should Do Now. That would be really helpful.
