After I read “Mister B. Gone”, I wrote Clive Barker’s people. I needed an internship to graduate college. When I read it, one strange incident occurred. I was lying on my stomach and I was reading what the main character, Jakabok Botch, had to say. He said he was jumping on my page. The ceiling fan wasn’t on and I looked over to the page and it was moving. The story involves the Gutenberg Press, the first printing press.
When Clive interviewed me for my internship, he asked why I wanted it.
I responded with, “Because I want to be just like you. The books, the video games, the toys, the comic books…”
“…The whole shebang?” He asked.
I replied. “Yes. The whole shebang.”
I earned the internship, after three questions. Upon my arrival—he told me to write him every week, for a year. With that, he turned me into a writer. He taught me to put everything I had into words. Then, Colorado State University-Pueblo turned me into a journalist. I enjoyed writing about the concerts that I saw, rather than the campus happenings.
When I got home, I studied all of the interviews Clive was in. I learned so much from them and it taught me about whom he is, as an artist. When he talks about his paintings and his techniques, it opened my eyes. You don’t need a brush, all the time. You can use sharp tools, your hands and whatever else you can find around you.
Then, I stumbled upon this interview of Clive. I wanted to share this excerpt with you:
“What matters is there’s something in you. Which is unique to you and that’s the only thing that matters. Not being the next Clive Barker. Not being the next Stephen King. Not being the next Steven Spielberg. Whatever. What matters is being the next whoever you are. The only whoever you are and right or wrong—I’m the only Clive Barker.”
- Clive Barker, “Abarat – The Artist’s Passion”
Currently, I am one of Clive’s artists. I love writing about musicians. They are my favorite artists. First, I am an artist. Then, I am a journalist. I will continue to put everything I have into my words. I think that’s why I look at articles as a painting, before anything else. Everything came back full circle and I evolved with it.
Be you.
When Clive interviewed me for my internship, he asked why I wanted it.
I responded with, “Because I want to be just like you. The books, the video games, the toys, the comic books…”
“…The whole shebang?” He asked.
I replied. “Yes. The whole shebang.”
I earned the internship, after three questions. Upon my arrival—he told me to write him every week, for a year. With that, he turned me into a writer. He taught me to put everything I had into words. Then, Colorado State University-Pueblo turned me into a journalist. I enjoyed writing about the concerts that I saw, rather than the campus happenings.
When I got home, I studied all of the interviews Clive was in. I learned so much from them and it taught me about whom he is, as an artist. When he talks about his paintings and his techniques, it opened my eyes. You don’t need a brush, all the time. You can use sharp tools, your hands and whatever else you can find around you.
Then, I stumbled upon this interview of Clive. I wanted to share this excerpt with you:
“What matters is there’s something in you. Which is unique to you and that’s the only thing that matters. Not being the next Clive Barker. Not being the next Stephen King. Not being the next Steven Spielberg. Whatever. What matters is being the next whoever you are. The only whoever you are and right or wrong—I’m the only Clive Barker.”
- Clive Barker, “Abarat – The Artist’s Passion”
Currently, I am one of Clive’s artists. I love writing about musicians. They are my favorite artists. First, I am an artist. Then, I am a journalist. I will continue to put everything I have into my words. I think that’s why I look at articles as a painting, before anything else. Everything came back full circle and I evolved with it.
Be you.
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