#82 HAVING IDEAS THAT MAKE US FLY!
London based creative portrait, advertising and editorial photographer Charlie Clift returns (part 2 of 4), and we’ll be concentrating in this visit on a project we’ve discussed already in a previous episode, the ‘Let’s Talk’ campaign. This project involved people having their toughest and sometimes scarring inner most thoughts painted on to their faces. Some ideas organically become strong brilliant ideas and this is one of those. We talk about creativity, ideas and having the strength to know you have a good one.
Unfortunately too many of us, and I’ll count myself in this number are far too critical of ourselves and worry about what others may say or think, which turns the ideas aunch pad to quicksand. Self-consciousness pulls up at the wrong time and places limitations on us and instead of expanding on an idea that’s ready to hatch; we turn off the incubation light and start over.
“I couldn’t possibly take that any further,” it’s not ready, it’s imperfect.
Imperfection is the source of your character.
And whilst I’m not comparing my own enterprises to that of the following example, I thought you may be interested to learn about an idea that was originally considered unambitious, Amazon. I mean really, sell books online to users who are still reticent about credit card usage on line, with shipping costs that truly eat into company profits and a week’s wait time for the book to arrive? Honestly, where’s this idea going to go?
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FURTHER REFERENCE:
Kate Forrester, artist in the ‘Let’s Talk’ campaign
https://icanhas.cheezburger.com/ - the site that went viral
