I guess us “awkward ones” just kinda naturally move towards each other. I was always the one who went to school on time (actually loved school) when my sister and her friends hung out and turned up late. I went home after school, while they hung out to watch two people fight. I didn’t like the music I was “supposed” to like, the clothes I was “supposed” to wear and hang out with the people I was “supposed” to hang out with because I am black.

I just never fit in and then one day I dared to call myself a creative and everything just sort of clicked. Online isn’t catering for creatives so you guys are doing a wonderful thing. Online you have to go according to keywords, write according to keywords and do stuff to conform to the internet. It kills the creative spirit.

But now I am noticing a new wave. Even Rich Shefren said he ignored the keywords and went with his passion when he started online because no one was doing what he did when he started and no one was searching for it. But he knew he was great at it and he created a keyword around him! I had started to conform with the masses (conformity is never great for the creative) and had began to talk that way too – I only hope I didn’t kill a creative dream because of it.

I really hope your creatives get to create and build their own keywords around their passion rather than have to be stuck with what’s out there already. I understand the importance of viability but sometimes as creatives we have stuff the world isn’t ready for yet and it will be a shame if something like keywords killed it – or someone else was brave enough to give it a go and succeeded!

Diane

First Rachael, and now Maria – I think you’re finally getting the hang of attractive website design.

Love ya, man.

Steve