Site Visits

It's funny how you can tell that everyone enjoyed the visit to Anne Cramer's design studio much more. Even if no one wrote anything on the blog, I could tell at the visit. I think that brings up an important aspect being in a community of artists. Anne Cramer's biggest problem has been with growing too rapidly and having too much work to do. I think that's the best problem that anyone can have. Her secret to success isn't just reaching out for help when needed and making lots of friends, for the only way that would have worked is if she had an inviting personality, which she definitely does. I think that everyone, no matter if they were interested in fashion or not, was entranced while listening to her. The way she could talk about the fashion and her life was so relatable and engaging that I think I can say everyone wanted to get to know her better, so it's easy to see how her business grew so fast.

Now, of course, being friendly and enigmatic isn't all there is to having a great career; you have to be good at what you do too. The graphic designers were clearly great at what they do, but from what I heard, it doesn't seem like their business boomed like Anne's has. That's the difference.

There's that phrase that goes, "It's not what you know, but who you know". Now, in the art world, you have to know a little bit of something at least, but at it's core it's a community. That means that making friends and sharing ideas is a great way to get started. That's what I took away from this visit.