Creator or consumer? You get to choose.
It is a reflection and still a work in progress...
This week's a short one.
It is a reflection and still a work in progress...
Over coffee this week, I was told: "There are two types of people in fashion: the creators and the consumers."
Creators actively nurture their inspiration to make clothes for the consumer. An active act.
Consumers get to choose what to buy. A passive one.
I couldn't stop thinking about it.
Here are a few thoughts I am still chewing on.
First, we know consuming is relatively easy; instead, creating requires effort, discipline, and commitment.
As a consumer (fashion, books, or shows), I often forget the effort creators put into bringing their ideas to life, but I am quick to criticize.
Creating brings out people's unique essence and is the way we share our singular ideas, desires, and experiences with the world.
It is also entirely subjective.
I also found that creation is one of the keys to escaping the consumer herd mindset.
And it might even be the antidote to burnout.
I believe we all have a natural ability to create, be it design, music, dancing, or storytelling:
A friend in real estate just shared her first exhibit with me.
I also heard Sharon Stone is a great painter.
Yet, as a child, I was never great at music, drawing, or dancing, so I never considered myself a creator.
Quite the opposite.
But what if I was?
It may be time to write that book.
Let me call my muse.
And how about you call yours?
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