We were lucky to catch up with Bakist Edwards recently and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Bakist thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Do you wish you had started sooner?
After graduating with my degree in Visual Arts, I felt pressured to find a “real job.” The job market for recent graduates in creative fields is highly competitive, and I was eager to secure employment. I started working at a non-profit organization, where I found ways to express my creativity in my role, but it simply wasn’t enough. Looking back, I wish I had taken the initiative to learn video editing and challenged myself creatively outside of work.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I have always been a creative individual, studying fine arts and graphic design in college and I am most proud to have been a first-gen college graduate in my family. I make short-form content on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube that focuses on cleaning, organizing, and beautifying myself and the spaces around me. I started to create content on social media in 2023. I have worked with beauty brands creating UGC content. Also, I provide services for Painting Parties for all age groups. I am working in corporate for an amazing company and pursuing content creation. I encourage anyone with a creative itch to start posting, it doesn’t have to be perfect.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
The desire to create the world I want to live in drives my creative journey and it starts within.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The most rewarding aspect of being creative is producing the art. Figuring it out and learning to accept the mistakes is humbling yet fulfilling.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautifulbakist/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeautifulBakist
- Other: https://tiktok.com/@beautifulbakist
Image Credits
Bakist Edwards