This week I read Chapter three of the book “Steal like an Artist”. In this chapter it is all about making what you like not what you know. Do what you want to do and do it the way you would like it and make it better than the way it has already been done. They say when you love a piece your desperate for more and the more you create the better you will become.

In this chapter it also talks about writing a story you want to read and then apply it to your life and what your life would be like if you re-wrote it. I find this a very tricky subject as I feel like everything has a purpose in life and I wouldn’t want to change it because I would have missed out on great opportunities if I would have done other things. There is nothing in life I regret, even the bad things lead to life lessons. That being said I have always had dreams of jobs I wanted to do growing up that I never did and probably never will. Most of these are complete opposite of each other ranging from a farmer to a firefighter and here I am doing graphic design. The one dream job I would still love to do which happens to slightly relate to design, is to design and produce huge production stage lighting for musical concerts. Just being able to design a show that goes with the music to set the mood and use of color and motion would be awesome. So to answer the question I guess that is where my story would take me in the years to come if I was to re-write it.

If you have never put much thought into stage lighting here is a small video that shows just a bit of what can be done with lighting
Light Show

The last part of the chapter asks to do an exercise stating, “If all your favorite makers got together and collaborated, what would they make with you leading the crew?”, So the following has some references and inspiration followed by my final piece.