In the past, I played in bands, worked at coffee shops, babysat, and worked as a production assistant.
I love meeting contributors and hearing how we inspire them to create art. I'm also proud of creating hundreds of jobs.
The creative person basically has two kinds of jobs: One is the sexy, creative kind. Second is the kind that pays the bills. Sometimes the task at hand covers both bases, but not often.
I want to get a job naming kitchen appliances. That seems easy; refrigerator, toaster, blender. You just say what the thing does and add "er".
Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark.
If you're talking 100 years, there's no doubt in my mind that all jobs will be gone, including creative ones. And 100 years is not far in the future - some of our children will be alive in 100 years.
Companies like Google and Facebook may offer jobs allowing or requiring imagination and creativity, but the whole of Silicon Valley accounts for only 3 percent of national income and a smaller percentage of national employment.
Us visual thinkers like me, be good at things like industrial design, graphics, art, those kind of jobs.
I started out with three creative jobs - painter, janitor and gag writer.
I've done everything from cater, wait tables, pre-school teacher, painting, to being Cinderella, Elmo, a clown, nanny, selling hair... I would do kid's parties and entertain and do magic and paint faces and balloon animals. The highlight of my life.
They don't send people from large corporations to hire people to make sculptures.
Writing is one of those jobs that everyone has an opinion on. I don't think this is a bad thing.
