Getting started sounds so easy – but for millions of aspiring artists and creatives, the uncertainty of the path forward presents a very real challenge. So, we wanted to gather some artists and creatives we admire to open up about their experience and how they think about whether they should have started sooner or waited for a better time.
Parker Korpak
When I was 20, I asked a friend to shoot some photos of me at a creek. I was just starting to publicly experiment with androgyny in my wardrobe, and I wanted pictures. I was a student studying business in the conservative south, and I was working up the confidence to show a new part of me to the world. Read more>>
Natalie Rose Campbell
Hi, absolutely. Thank you for having me. I’m Natalie Rose Campbell, an artist by trade. I do both makeup and hair for tv/film, red carpet, and campaigns. I started doing makeup in high school, then makeup school right after. I was full-time with hair and makeup by the time I was 21. Read more>>
Vu Nguyen
Ive gone back and forth on this question — do I wish I’d started my creative career sooner or later? The short answer is: sooner would’ve been nice, but I don’t regret the timing. I didn’t even know what industrial design was when I was in college. Read more>>
Luna13th
“If I could go back in time I would have started my creative career sooner. When you’re in denial of your heart’s desires, you think it will be easier to have a regular career. You think it’s more stable. Read more>>
Julio Rodrigues
If I could go back, I definitely would’ve started my music career earlier. It actually took a bit of a mid-20s crisis for me to realize what I truly wanted to do. Until then, I was working as a banker, and while that experience taught me a lot about discipline and responsibility, I knew a traditional 9-to-5 in finance wasn’t fulfilling me. Read more>>
Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli
Occasionally I catch myself thinking “I wish I had started as a healthcare consultant sooner / when I was younger”, in particular when comparing myself with who exclusively provides those services; in reality, the 20+ years in clinical practice in acute internal medicine, and the experience in several medical leadership roles, Read more>>