Whether you're into fashion, music or sports, being a designer does have some negative factors. I remember, my former co-worker said jokingly, "Dude, I feel like a zombie. I can't communicate with people anymore. This damn screen is sucking all the energy out of me". Although I laughed, I can't help but pause with amazement to the amount of hours that I've spent looking at the computer screen. My eyes, unwilling to cooperate to the distance farther than 30 inches, seem to have also lost its spatial visualization ability. For a quick second, I wonder if I'm better off as a painter, doing landscape painting - sitting on a hill with an undisturbed view of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Instead, I'm sitting here in front of a flat surface, left hand on the keyboard and right hand on the mouse, cranking out one design after another. By the end of the day, thinking to myself, "Oh, how I hate colors". To make matters worst, I have this indescribable soreness extending from the wrist to the elbow, evidently from moving the mouse all day long. With that said, I have to face the fact that it could possibly lead to the syndrome known as carpel tunnel.
So, with this dilemma, what keeps my creative juice flowing? Simple... the final product. Nothing makes me feel more rejuvenated than to see my creation come to life. On that day, when the final product arrives, I try not to get carried away and express only a soft smile as if I was a veteran. The fact that everyone around me is always mesmerize to see new products, it becomes a much anticipated event. All of sudden, my love for color is replenished and my passion for art is embedded in me once again.
