Stop Trying to Be Liked & Embrace Your Errors (ft. Pyrc Luke) - Making It with Alex See

Can an advertising creative director find fine art success by embracing her kitchen mistakes? In this episode of Making It, we sit down with Pyrc Luke, an artist who wears many hats. Originally an advertising creative director, Pyrc left the corporate world to study fine art at CHK. Alongside her art, she works as a freelance advertiser, barber, and even formulates organic hair products as a trichology practitioner.Pyrc dives into her unique artistic process, blending her background in conceptual advertising with kinetic art—using light and movement to explore human desires. We discuss her fascinating "Failed Eggs" series, where she intentionally ruins boiled eggs to challenge our perceptions of failure and success. We also delve into "Pleasure's Mind," a kinetic piece using a wet market lamp to symbolize turning harsh judgments into entertainment. We also explore what Hong Kong offers artists today and her pitch for a massive "playground" or maker space filled with machinery to foster creative diversity. Plus, she shares a touching story about earning the validation of her engineer father through her complex mechanical art. If you are struggling with the pressure to "be liked," questioning your own career path, or just want to learn how to embrace errors as alternatives, Pyrc's journey of asking the right questions is exactly what you need to hear. 🎧 **IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER:**• **Wearing Many Hats:** Balancing life as a former ad creative, barber, trichologist, and kinetic artist. • **The Master's Interview:** How a challenging question from a chef friend after a failed Zoom interview pushed her to fight for her spot at CHK. • **Kinetic Art & Mechanics:** Building moving art without an engineering background and the proud moment her father recognized her mechanical skills. • **Pleasure's Mind:** Turning societal judgment into a dancing, entertaining experience using an everyday wet market lamp. • **Embracing Errors:** The story behind her "Failed Eggs" collection and redefining failure as just a beautiful alternative. • **A Playground for Artists:** Her vision for a machine-filled maker space to boost creative diversity and talent in Hong Kong. • **Advice to Her Younger Self:** Why we need to stop trying to be liked and start being authentic to avoid internalized expectations. Start listening to learn how to embrace your own alternatives. **CHAPTERS:**0:00 - Intro & Pyrc's Many Hats01:06 - Failing the Master's Interview & Fighting for Art01:08 - Why Kinetic Art? Asking the Right Questions01:10 - A Proud Moment: Bonding with an Engineer Dad01:19 - "Pleasure's Mind": Turning Judgment into Entertainment01:25 - "Failed Eggs": Finding Beauty in Kitchen Mistakes01:32 - The Core Theme: Human Desire & Success Standards01:35 - Advice to Her Younger Self: Don't Try to be Liked01:43 - The Dream Maker Space for Hong Kong Artists**QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE:**"I would stop saying or telling her that you have to or want to be liked." - Pyrc Luke "By asking the first question, we can ask a better question next time, which also means getting closer to the answer." - Pyrc Luke **ABOUT THE GUEST:**Pyrc Luke is a Hong Kong-based kinetic artist, former advertising creative director, barber, and hair-care formulator. Known for exploring human desire and embracing alternatives through works like "Failed Eggs" and "Pleasure's Mind," her art heavily relies on light, movement, and challenging societal standards. **ABOUT THE HOST:**Alex See is on a mission to make Hong Kong a place where artists and creatives can thrive. Through Making It, Alex interviews the minds shaping the culture to uncover what it takes to succeed in the creative industries. **CONNECT WITH US:Subscribe for more conversations on creativity and the Hong Kong art scene!📸 Instagram: @makingitwithalexsee