Comments on: Portland’s Creative Should Live Out Loud http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/ [ BRAND, MARKETING AND LIFE AT THE COLONY ] Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kim Brater http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Kim Brater Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:21:16 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1097 Thanks Joe for Zola's actual quote. It's a great one to be sure. Richard, getting your work done is a given. But getting it done doesn't mean you'll be sought after for the work you do. Thanks Joe for Zola’s actual quote. It’s a great one to be sure.

Richard, getting your work done is a given. But getting it done doesn’t mean you’ll be sought after for the work you do.

]]> By: Joe Corrado http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Joe Corrado Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:20:13 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1096 Speaking of creative, Kim, you may be interested to learn that the title of your 6-17 post owes a tip of the hat to Émile Zola (resident of Paris, not Portland), who observed "If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud." This concise description of the artistic impulse has been featured on the CentroidCafe web site for the past seven years. Speaking of creative, Kim, you may be interested to learn that the title of your 6-17 post owes a tip of the hat to Émile Zola (resident of Paris, not Portland), who observed “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” This concise description of the artistic impulse has been featured on the CentroidCafe web site for the past seven years.

]]> By: Richard http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Richard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:34:52 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1094 All this talk about how creative and relaxed we are here in Portland and how we live our lives out loud, I don't know, it all sounds a wee bit narcissistic to me. "We're creative!" "We are idealistic!" Ivan Doig said something a long time ago that stuck with me: "We get our work done." Love that. All this talk about how creative and relaxed we are here in Portland and how we live our lives out loud, I don’t know, it all sounds a wee bit narcissistic to me. “We’re creative!” “We are idealistic!”

Ivan Doig said something a long time ago that stuck with me: “We get our work done.” Love that.

]]> By: Dino Citraro http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Dino Citraro Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:10:36 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1069 Hi Grant. I'm hoping that it's actually about a little more than just showing off great work. I know that might be idealistic. Hi Grant. I’m hoping that it’s actually about a little more than just showing off great work. I know that might be idealistic.

]]> By: Grant Kimball http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Grant Kimball Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:49:50 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1068 Hey, Dino. Sorry your firm feels that way, but I'm sure PAF will respect your position. We certainly do. Although I think PAF has expanded the interactive categories quite a bit this year, so it would have been a chance for your team to show off its great work to the creative community. After all, isn't what that is really about? Hey, Dino. Sorry your firm feels that way, but I’m sure PAF will respect your position. We certainly do. Although I think PAF has expanded the interactive categories quite a bit this year, so it would have been a chance for your team to show off its great work to the creative community. After all, isn’t what that is really about?

]]> By: Dino Citraro http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 Dino Citraro Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:37:16 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1067 In our view, this campaign has drawn attention to a very provincial and brutish side of our creative community, which I hope won’t be applied across the board to the people who genuinely find this type of bottom feeding to be offensive. As a local company working on campaigns for high-profile clients, we’ve decided to boycott the awards this year and have been suggesting other companies do the same. Our dignity is better than your awards. In our view, this campaign has drawn attention to a very provincial and brutish side of our creative community, which I hope won’t be applied across the board to the people who genuinely find this type of bottom feeding to be offensive.

As a local company working on campaigns for high-profile clients, we’ve decided to boycott the awards this year and have been suggesting other companies do the same.

Our dignity is better than your awards.

]]> By: Jerry Ketel http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Jerry Ketel Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:11:39 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1066 This is a great discussion. I think the insight of the piece is that Portlanders are often humble. Is that a good thing, perhaps but not when promoting the city's creative capabilities. I like the chutzpah and the cheekiness of the Rosey campaign. Why not tweek New York and Minneapolis? It's all in good fun anyway. Besides, no one is taking this seriously, are they? Sure, it is provocative, but isn't that what advertising is all about? J. This is a great discussion. I think the insight of the piece is that Portlanders are often humble. Is that a good thing, perhaps but not when promoting the city’s creative capabilities.

I like the chutzpah and the cheekiness of the Rosey campaign. Why not tweek New York and Minneapolis? It’s all in good fun anyway.

Besides, no one is taking this seriously, are they?

Sure, it is provocative, but isn’t that what advertising is all about?

J.

]]> By: Joel Gunz http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Joel Gunz Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:33:20 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1065 Dave, Dave, Dave: Relax, bro! You're sounding all uptight and not very Portlandish. Let me buy you that pint, aiight? The way I see it, if Portland truly is the live-and-let-live city it purports to be, then logically, there is room here for those who prefer a more piss-and-vinegar approach. Isn't that what coexistence is all about? Unless, of course, the actual rule is that we can represent Portland any way we want, just so long as it conforms to your definition of how Portland ought to be represented. Nevertheless, I wouldn't ask you to change your viewpoint. In fact, I would encourage you to go with it more fully. For instance, perhaps Nemo Design could volunteer to help with the 2010 Rosey Awards on a pro bono basis, as Anthill -- along with a little help from me -- has done this year. It is very clear that there are other Portlanders who would like to see more chutzpah as we promote ourselves to the world. I'm one of them. You can read more about it here: http://bit.ly/13Om6s Dave, Dave, Dave: Relax, bro! You’re sounding all uptight and not very Portlandish. Let me buy you that pint, aiight?

The way I see it, if Portland truly is the live-and-let-live city it purports to be, then logically, there is room here for those who prefer a more piss-and-vinegar approach. Isn’t that what coexistence is all about? Unless, of course, the actual rule is that we can represent Portland any way we want, just so long as it conforms to your definition of how Portland ought to be represented.

Nevertheless, I wouldn’t ask you to change your viewpoint. In fact, I would encourage you to go with it more fully. For instance, perhaps Nemo Design could volunteer to help with the 2010 Rosey Awards on a pro bono basis, as Anthill — along with a little help from me — has done this year.

It is very clear that there are other Portlanders who would like to see more chutzpah as we promote ourselves to the world. I’m one of them. You can read more about it here: http://bit.ly/13Om6s

]]> By: Maria http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Maria Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:06:29 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1064 Pretty good post. I just found your site and wanted to say that I've really liked reading your posts. Any way I'll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon! Pretty good post. I just found your site and wanted to say
that I’ve really liked reading your posts. Any way
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon!

]]> By: PDXsays http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/agencylife/portlands-creative-should-live-out-loud/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 PDXsays Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:25:45 +0000 http://blog.anthillmarketing.com/blog/?p=770#comment-1063 Isn't it great we live in a city so small, the bickering gets all "pown u | fear me?" If you guys think you wrote snap and snark decent copy as comments... you're both wrong. #sitdownandspitoutURgum Isn’t it great we live in a city so small, the bickering gets all “pown u | fear me?”

If you guys think you wrote snap and snark decent copy as comments… you’re both wrong. #sitdownandspitoutURgum

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