Written response to Karim Rashid’s Creative Manifesto.

The aspect of Rashid's Manifesto that resonated with me most was the first one on the list: don't specialize. I've used this quote from Donald Glover before, but I think it fits well here also: "Who knows what they are all the time? I’m different stuff every second of every day. I don’t know why people confine themselves. I know it be easier if I just did funny stuff, or just music, or just writing, but I’m more than that. That’s not me. That’s not anyone. Everyone is everything, if they let themselves." I know that I would have a lot more pent up energy if I didn't express myself creatively through more than one medium. I write, I rap, I tell jokes. I can't just flip a switch and turn one of these off, even if I wanted to. Sometimes it's distracting when I'm writing stand-up and an idea for a short film pops in my head, but I know I would be worse off in the end if I didn't take a break to write it down and visualize it. That's not me.