Warhol: Business, creativity and culture

At my core I'm an artist. I grew up during hip hop's explosion into the market during the mid 80's and early 90's. So the world of b-boy culture, rhyming, graffiti writing and dJing was the canvas in which I creatively expressed myself to the world.

Now I have never been heavy into the art world. I don't proclaim to be an expert, an enthusiast 'per se' or a rebel, changing the world with my every brush stroke, but I do get, understand and vibe with the creative energy that drives that kind of center of gravity. 

At the core of innovation is creativity. And what I mean by creativity is "any way to interpret your environment differently than you currently experience it." This can be done in so many different ways...(but that's another blog post...)

Andy Warhol was the master of reinterpretation. He reinterpreted art. He reinterpreted commercialism. He reinterpreted (and maybe better stated, re-defined) pop-culture.

Ever since I started to look at him through the lens of an innovator vs. a creative talent, I'm consistently having a different kind of appreciation for who he was and what he brought to the world of business and art. 

This morning in my inbox was the below video from the Economist. I love that a publication focusing on free-trade, globalisation, government health and education spending takes the time to highlight the influence that Andy had on 'commerce' (what the Economist is all about) and what this idea represents.

Great video. Hope you enjoy.

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