We have had the good fortunate of connecting with Nobel Laureates, titans of industry, rockstars and rising stars across dozens of industries and we have always found their stories about who they were early on to be most fascinating. Below, you’ll find members of the community sharing their responses to this key aspect of their stories.
Anne Ward
I think I was born a card carrying contrarian…most artists are! Art is a way of seeing creatively around limitation and expectation. I am one of 6 kids and I think my Mom was/has always been an artist. It’s a way of thinking. She always created beauty with whatever odds and ends relative to scraps of time and materials were at hand. Read more >>>
Genie Davis
Such an existential question, as to who I was before the world told me I had to be a certain way… Around 3 years old, I was told – not having a memory of this one – that I wanted to ‘own a museum.’ My mom frequently took me to the National Gallery of Art from babyhood on. Read more >>>
DeeLeww
I don’t remember who I was before the world told me who I was supposed to be. The programming begins immediately, and it goes into overdrive once you start school. After 17 years of conditioning in school—reinforced by media and culture—I couldn’t recall my true self. Eventually, I reached a breaking point. Read more >>>
