And just like that, another season began.
It’s been almost one year ago to the day that the COCKTAIL NAPKIN came to be, so it’s only appropriate that Season 2 begins in the same place that Season 1 started - a hotel room in Nashville, TN.
In this episode: I dissect a quote I found online from DDB New York’s Lee Garfinkel:
“…I’m a really big believer that your first or second job can really make who you are. You can be really imaginative but if you get bad Creative Directors at the beginning of your career they can point you in the wrong direction and make you do hack work and you may never get it back.”
Early in my career I happened to have two really bad creative directors. Creative directors that were more interested in money and fame than creating good work. I spend the entire episode having a cathartic moment as I shed the last few pounds of the weight of them that has been on my shoulders for over a decade.
I promise the rest of Season 2’s episodes won’t be anywhere as bitter or long.
the ROCKS GLASS is one of those fancy-schmancy Tumblr sites that happens to be curated by Kansas City-based creative generalist Jeremy Fuksa.
“Creative generalist” sounds like an aggrandized term. It is. But, it rolls off the tongue much easier than Designer, Developer, Writer, Broadcaster, Filmmaker, Speaker, Musician, Photographer and Attention Whore. Plus, it looks way cooler on a business card.
The author wishes to acknowledge that there are bare wires laying about. Please take care not to trip on them.
