BW - EP21: Designer Kieron Lewis—Ways To Harvest Your Skills To Become Creatively Independent

In Episode 21 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with London-based graphic designer and visual artist Kieron Lewis for a chat about the many interests he’s followed that have helped him push his career forward. It’s always good to be diverse. If you’ve got multiple interests, follow them! Sure, we definitely need to earn a living to survive, but it stands to reason that the more we follow things we’re interested in, the better chance we’ll have of using that inspiration to monetize our lives. If you’re working a job that you dislike, then it’s a “job.” If you’re earning a living doing something you love, then it’s just part of life. So follow those passions! At worst case, they’ll lead to fun extracurricular activities. Highlights • How Kieron’s upbringing helped him become confident and open-minded • What Kieron’s earliest artistic memories are • Why it’s so important to do things that you like to do and how it’s easy to forget that • Why so many of us are seeking adult-parallels to our collegiate experience • How you can take things you do in your free time and apply them to your job • Kieron volunteers at a monthly West Norwood market called “Feast.” How did he get involved? • Why is Feast so important to Kieron • Why getting out there and spending time with people is always a good thing • How being more fulfilled in his personal time has helped Kieron get new gigs • Why it’s so important, no matter how much you love your job, to diversify your interests • What’s next for Kieron and how he tries to plan ahead Kieron’s links: West Norwood Feast: http://westnorwoodfeast.com Feast’s twitter: https://twitter.com/WN_FEAST Feasts FB: https://www.facebook.com/wnfeast Kieron’s site: http://kieronlewis.com Kieron’s twitter: https://twitter.com/kieronanthonyl Follow The WallBreakers on soundcloud: @TheWallBreakers Subscribe to Breaking Walls on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wallbreakers/id924086880?mt=2