It's All About, Er, The Art

So, I am an artist. And I'm also a little bit of an egomaniac, since I write a blog and assume people will want to read it. Just wanted to get that out of the way up front.

There's a funny dynamic that goes on at advertising agencies, a constant war between multiple factions who are all motivated by different things. First and foremost, as always, there's the Creative Director whose job it is to oversee the 'art': colors, squiggles and snippets that might someday be demeaned into ads. This person is motivated purely by egomaniacal selfishness (please note my subtle use of foreshadowing here.) And then there's the worried-looking person in the blue suit, the bottom-line guy, who counts the beans and pays the people. Lots of times these two people pretend to get along.

And then there are the grownups in advertising, people like my husband, who want the agency's creative people to make nice with the agency's money people. The grownups try to keep the peace, all the while juggling live squirrels and playing Three-Card Monte with the client. The grownups tend to sweat a lot and gobble down blood-pressure medication like it's candy, but rarely lose their cool at the office (ooh ... more foreshadowing!)

So I have to interrupt this blog to go work at my daughter's preschool. More soon ... expect it to contain interesting true stories about greedy Creative Directors and how they always bring just a little extra grief to every agency, in a very artistic way of course.