We were lucky to catch up with Flower Person recently and have shared our conversation below.

Flower, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you take us back in time to the first dollar you earned as a creative – how did it happen? What’s the story?

I suppose that would be the first storyboard job I worked, which was a documentary about the battle of Antietam. It was awful. I mean, it wasn’t technically the first creative job that I ever worked, but it was the first that actually paid my bills. It was made much harder by the fact that I was working as a performer at Universal, which spread me a bit thin. It didn’t pay much, but even so, I enjoyed that… a lot more. I mean, I got to be a death eater. Whether I like it or not, that’s necessarily more interesting to me than a documentary about the civil war.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I act, I do visual art, and I love all kinds of art; I solve many problems – rarely are they ever my own. I think that’s sort of the role of a freelance artist: a patchwork problem solver. I feel like someone who has always been motivated to provide joy and entertainment in the lives of others, and – since it turns out you need money to be alive – I’d really like to get paid for it. Ideally.

I mean, I’m gonna do it either way.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

Of course. The goal is to have a private jet and do whatever I want, whenever I please. Obviously.

Have you ever had to pivot?

I feel like I’m engaging in so many things all the time that it’s kind of hard not to constantly be pivoting. I think that’s what being an artist – living as an artist – requires. You’re always trying new things, always trying to learn more about your role in the world, about what inspires and excites you.

I’ve recently found myself upending just about everything. I spent years trying to make everything work one way. A way I thought was reliable, thought might help me ensure the success I wanted. But artists are turbulent and rash for a reason – because art is a product of the friction in life. The pushes, the pulls. The fire that burns in between.

For me – and I think for a lot of artists – I’ve often been driven by two forces: love and boredom. When love, boredom or art itself pull me in a new direction, that’s where I go. Where I pivot towards.

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• Website: https://www.flowervperson.com/
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