coreyweekley
174.365 : Cog
When I was first starting out my career, I had a plan. It was specific to any industry or profession, but rather it was a path with a mantra. I had to put some kind of plan into order during the early years since most of it was pure chaos and broken focus. I wanted to be everything; A film director, a screenwriter, a photographer, an art director, a copywriter, a web designer, and a tech guru. But because of this complex web, I would never accomplish any of it without an overarching mantra.
And that mantra was simple. Be a cog. I think the path to any creative persons success is to travel through life like a cog in a machine. And when you break it down, it becomes quite focused.
First, be a small cog that spins independently under its' own power. When you first start out, you have to be motivated within. You have to do anything and everything that fills your creative tank. Never stop learning, never stop looking, never stop spinning.
Eventually, you will get hired. You will probably be a small cog in a small machine. You learn how the machine works, how to contribute and see results.
Soon, you should become a small cog in a big machine. Once there, you see a larger picture. You watch how small cogs have to move fast and big cogs, while moving slower, also guide the whole machine.
You learn to become a big cog, become apart of the pillar that holds up the mainframe; a big cog in a big machine. And just before you get too big in the big machine,
you go back to a small machine. This time, you return as a big cog. You set the pace, the forward momentum, the inertia. You should be the one that holds together the small machine.
Then, when it's finally time, you go back to being a lone cog spinning under your own power. Your spin should generate enough proverbial gravity to pull in small and big machine to you. When this happens, you have reached your pinnacle in the cog world.
For me, at this point in my life, I'm a small cog in a big machine. And I love this stage. Lucasfilm Animation is an amazingly generous and inspirational company. I'm part of a team that has made one of the most complex 3D tv shows ever produced. I am a small cog within a tight team of various sized cogs all mixed together.
Go, big machine, go.
174.365 : Cog
When I was first starting out my career, I had a plan. It was specific to any industry or profession, but rather it was a path with a mantra. I had to put some kind of plan into order during the early years since most of it was pure chaos and broken focus. I wanted to be everything; A film director, a screenwriter, a photographer, an art director, a copywriter, a web designer, and a tech guru. But because of this complex web, I would never accomplish any of it without an overarching mantra.
And that mantra was simple. Be a cog. I think the path to any creative persons success is to travel through life like a cog in a machine. And when you break it down, it becomes quite focused.
First, be a small cog that spins independently under its' own power. When you first start out, you have to be motivated within. You have to do anything and everything that fills your creative tank. Never stop learning, never stop looking, never stop spinning.
Eventually, you will get hired. You will probably be a small cog in a small machine. You learn how the machine works, how to contribute and see results.
Soon, you should become a small cog in a big machine. Once there, you see a larger picture. You watch how small cogs have to move fast and big cogs, while moving slower, also guide the whole machine.
You learn to become a big cog, become apart of the pillar that holds up the mainframe; a big cog in a big machine. And just before you get too big in the big machine,
you go back to a small machine. This time, you return as a big cog. You set the pace, the forward momentum, the inertia. You should be the one that holds together the small machine.
Then, when it's finally time, you go back to being a lone cog spinning under your own power. Your spin should generate enough proverbial gravity to pull in small and big machine to you. When this happens, you have reached your pinnacle in the cog world.
For me, at this point in my life, I'm a small cog in a big machine. And I love this stage. Lucasfilm Animation is an amazingly generous and inspirational company. I'm part of a team that has made one of the most complex 3D tv shows ever produced. I am a small cog within a tight team of various sized cogs all mixed together.
Go, big machine, go.