navigating the creative industry - visibility, creative freedom & status

youtube episode: https://youtu.be/Jer_eAG1q1severyone is creating, everyone is creative!!! your desire to create is valid whether you pursue it as a hobby, side-quest, side-hustle or a career! one creative skill might take many forms in different stages of your life. sharing my thoughts and observations based on my own personal experience on how you can explore, refine and navigate your creativity, your career and the creative industry. i think even if you don't work in the creative industry this same model can apply to different disciplines too.00:0000:58 - being creative is inherent to the human experience03:50 - intro to quadrant diagram04:47 - high visibility x creative freedom05:19 - industry x high visibility05:32 - industry x low visibility 06:20 - creative freedom x low visibility 06:46 - pedestaling of high visibility x industry careers07:48 - get to know yourself before assuming there is only one version of success09:25 - mapping the terrain and navigating accordingly09:59 - pros & cons to every quadrants10:05 - high visibility x industry11:05 - industry x low visibility 12:13 - creative freedom x low visibility 13:09 - high visibility x creative freedom14:28 - advice for young/aspiring creatives15:36 - now is the best time to flop16:49 - the challenge and the process has to become as rewarding as the outcome17:46 - taste makers vs trend followers19:00 - try different approaches, embrace different opportunities21:38 - focus on doing before refining strategy 22:24 - you should be creating more than you are complaining22:55 - being hot & having fun creative philosophy24:04 - proof of concept, get experience25:29 - learn how to communicate and present your work