My practice is led by ideas. I can’t say that I’m an illustrator, a photographer, an animator or an R Kelly back up dancer, but I can definitely tell you that if one day I wake up with the idea of taking up dance, I would dedicate it solely to dancing to R Kelly’s music. The idea of being attached to a format isn’t for me, my creative output is the strongest when a project excites me, pushes my intrigue and my interest, and because of that I don’t feel as though I can pledge allegiance to any one thing.
I’m a practitioner who tries to organically answer the problem, when I work I never try to impose my own skill set onto the idea/ project and If that means that I need to learn a whole new skill to do just that then so be it. The format or medium is dependent on the concept, it all matters on the subject matter and the audience.
So basically that means I hate myself, or that I’m media agnostic/ neutral? I’m not sure myself. I’d say I’m a creative who no longer has a comfort zone, and that my practice is the idea. My greatest attribute is the ability to communicate the idea with integrity, so maybe I’m a communicator? Or maybe I’m an author? What I’m saying here does seem to fit Michael Rock’s idea of a designer being an author:
“The challenge is to accept the multiplicity of methods that comprise design language.” (1)
Or maybe I should just call myself a graphic designer and make it easier for everybody? I’m a graphic designer bro.