…That I am exercising my right and left brain?
I like to use both the right brain and the left brain for better balance in life.
Although I am not necessarily an egghead I am aware that I have a high IQ and a penchant for facts and trivia. As a worker I am deeply organized and detailed. I am thorough, punctual and can be counted on to provide a full and efficient output to any project or piece that falls upon my desk.
The pros in this sort of ethic and smarts is that you are trusted and well-respected. The con is that there is always going to be an expectation and … there is often more than your fair share handed to you simply because you are capable. But it is not necessarily an example of left brain thinking alone… for me it is a clever combination of both left and right brain motives and output.
And this is why:
The traits of the left brain are described as being logical and sequential, analytical, rational, objective and to look at all parts. The trait of the right brain is thinking randomly, intuitively, creatively, subjectively and to look at wholes. In combining the best of both the result is a often well researched, well presented, easily understood, and pleasing to the senses.
I do incorporate the right brain talents I know I was born with into the more analytical pieces of what I do for a living. The scores of lists and documentations of proposal, justification, comparison and analysis blend well with the strategy and brainstorming, the copywriting and design aesthetic… In the world that I work this is a great marriage for a successful and satisfying challenge on a daily basis.
But even though I use the right brain to aid in the work that I do for a living… I pursue the right brain endlessly in a balance to keep myself as the whole that I was born to be. Oddly enough what I am doing for a living is not what I truly feel I was meant to do as that “purpose” I feel we all have. For me, the creative gene is the dominant one and the writing I have done daily for decades is the reason I am still alive and ticking.
Will it ever pay my bills? This is a question I had always asked. Personally I believe there is every reason to believe it will. I know that it is something I would want for my life… a lifestyle where the writing is the core point to my living and not the balance. In truth I have learned that if I believe positively in the things that I pursue I am always going to achieve them. This has been my experience. I am also aware that the path I am on is not always by design or choice. Some of these things that I know I will achieve may not happen for me when it is that I would prefer them to happen. Many happen far down the road.
But they do happen.
Within the next couple of weeks I will be pitching a television series treatment to an executive with a showrunner in mind. I have cultivated an idea and written the treatment and I am very proud of the result. I have a few more pieces to the puzzle that I want to fine tune before the pitch is set… but I am absolutely certain that I am going to be ready with an idea that I believe is as marketable as absolutely any scripted program on the airwaves today.
Within the next week I am going to be doing my right brain exercises to build out and summarize the first five episodes of the pitch… I have the concept, characters, summary, logline, tagline and treatment all prepared. The only piece left is to illustrate a few of the reasons that all the aforementioned parts are going to evolve and cultivate into a winning series.
The exercise of the right brain is what makes me smile… so I expect a lot of ear to ear activity within the next week. Who knows… this could be something that changes the path. It could spark me and lead me down another path. Whether it be for this concept or another in the future is almost irrelevant. What is important is the journey I am on to present myself with the solutions that writing and creating offer. When I am writing I am not only in the moment… I am happy.
Happy, if you’ve read me before, is the goal.
Be Happy. Be Well. Be.
October 25th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Man cousin—you gonna do it all—creativity IS your Solution to happiness. Very exciting about the upcoming TV series pitch. I am intrigued!!!!!!!