PROCEED AND BE BOLD!

November 6, 2009 - 10:25 pm

Yesterday I went with my daughter to the art school at Texas Tech, and listened to a speaker, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., a printer who specialized in Print Press Posters. There was a documentary done about Mr. Kennedy, and the name of the documentary was “Proceed and be Bold”.

Listening to Mr. Kennedy, was so inspirational to me. Mr. Kennedy has not always been a printer, he worked in the corporate world for several years. He has been making prints for the past 7 years in a small town in Georgia.

One thing that really hit home to me, is he said you don’t have to be in a big city like New York to be a successful artist. You can create your art where ever you are. Since I am also from a very small town, this made me realize that the possibilities of being a successful artist isn’t out of my reach.

I have been wanting to get back into creating art, The poster, and the documentary about Mr. Kennedy, has given the inspiration I need to “Proceed and be Bold”.

Not only did Mr. Kennedy inspire me, but he made me think a lot about life. I really liked his philosophy about life. When he spoke about thinking outside the box, he gave some examples of maybe thinking what your favorite song would look like as a poster. Maybe not necessarily just putting the words on there totally, but making an art piece out of it.

I have always heard the statement “Think outside the box” but I never really knew how to do it. Mr. Kennedy gave us several examples that made me realize what all can be done.

I just want to say :

“ǝɟı1 ʎɯ ǝbuɐɥɔ ǝɯ buıd1ǝɥ ǝ1qıssod puɐ sǝʎǝ ʎɯ buıuǝdo” ɹoɟ ʎpǝuuǝʞ .ɹɯ noʎ ʞuɐɥʇ