creative obstacle

i am annoyed by the sheer lack of creative appreciation in this country.

you provide a unique solution, and authority says it's unconventional. of course, it's unconventional. it's supposed to stand out!

in other galaxies, far far away, such as australia, japan, us, and europe, designers and creative enterprises are sketching furiously. attempting to blot out the white space. (or simply keeping it blank.) figuring out alien configurations and patterns. mismatching unrelated disciplines. fusing together the craziest ideas, with the hope that in the midst of all the chaos--overloaded hard drives, paint-stained fingers, and pages and pages of crap and nonesene--beauty should emerge.

as creatives today, in this part of the boondock, we not only carry the responsibility of producing great work, we also have the duty to educate. to open the eyes of those whose sights were trained to follow, and not lead. to erase the notion that we should simply be content. and to enlighten them to discover and innovate and be pioneers.

ok, this is becoming too impassioned. anyway, here is a great ad from apple from the late 1990s. it's about thinking different -- a tribute to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels and the troublemakers.