I like to see advertising as a form of artistic expression. I’m well aware of its purpose, or say its origins. But today, I choose to not be a cynic with respect to this.
Today, I’m enchanted by the powerful message Dove is transmitting through this commercial.
You are more beautiful than you think!
“Ninette Murk is on a mission to make the world a better place. After a close colleague died from AIDS in 2004, the former fashion editor founded the Antwerp-based non-profit Designers Against AIDS.” (The Avant-garde Diaries)
Two of the things to remember from Ninette Murk’s diary:
To me, pure beauty…. You know it when you see it, but also you know it when you feel it.
Think your own thoughts and don’t mind what other people say, especially if your thoughts are not like mainstream.
Learn more about Designers Against AIDS HERE and Beauty Without Irony HERE.
I strongly believe that yes, genuinely pursuing good is easy. Not because you won’t face challenges or because everybody would support and love you, but because you’d always find solutions and the energy to keep moving no matter what. And you’d end up creating value, thus beauty, which is particularly fulfilling.
Here’s the inspiring story of a creator. Abe Burmeister has built a fashion brand with no experience, bringing up a well executed solution for a real need.
Beauty, fashion, time? The famous artist Erwin Olaf knows.
“Nick Gentry is a British graduate of Central St Martins and has exhibited in the UK, USA and Europe. As part of a generation that grew up surrounded by floppy disks, VHS tapes, polaroids and cassettes, he is inspired by the sociological impact of a new internet culture. His portraits use a combination of obsolete media formats, making a comment on waste culture, life cycles and identity….”
(Read more on http://www.nickgentry.co.uk/about.html)
