I love the awkward and the confused. Be it in ads, films, stills or art. Few things are funnier than the two adjectives when they collide.
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Paying attention is the best life insurance. Strong ideas fuel everything. The colour green excites me. Because it makes me pay attention. Not because it’s a better colour. It just happens to be what the human eye sees more shades and nuances of than any other.
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Now that I’ve been given a US citizenship as well, I still write colour with that U. Just like my accent makes me sound South African. Luckily, South Africa is one of those places where I will always feel at home.
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What else does? Feel at home… To create? See new places? For sure. Always learning something new? It’s why I love advertising…
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Still, it is people, equally those behind the lens as those in front, that has made me feel grateful for the seventy odd countries my job has allowed me to visit. But even if it was half that, even less, it wouldn’t matter. Because a life lesson learned, no matter where I go, people are the same, with the same needs and the same wants.
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We all seek connection. To somehow feel connected to something, someone, somewhere. So therefore the journey continues. Here’s a little of mine…