How Adults Kill Creativity.
When you're 15 years old, your future is wide open. Chicago resident Herbert Pulger, a freshman at Lawrence Hall Youth Services, may see his future in art. He could have a career as an art director, illustrator, animator etc. It looked like he was off to a promising start when he recently won the city vehicle sticker design contest.
( Rich Hein~Sun-Times)
Then it was taken from him.
According to Chicago Sun-Times reports, Pulger was stripped of his win by Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza because the extending hands in his design "could be 'misconstrued' as including gang signs."
Pulger denies any affiliation. Regardless, his art teacher provided hand images from a flyer Pulger apparently used as inspiration for his entry as seen in this Sun-Times photo with Pulger's mother Jessica Loor holding up the comparisons.
(John H. White~Sun-Times)
So if the committee had issues with Pulger's work, why couldn't they be addressed before humiliating the kid? Why not give him a chance to make adjustments to his entry?
Doing work you're proud of, only to have it go away or altered for reasons beyond your control is, as we all know, part of the business.
Our business.
Adult business.
This is a kid.
He has plenty of time to deal with realities later.
( Rich Hein~Sun-Times)According to Chicago Sun-Times reports, Pulger was stripped of his win by Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza because the extending hands in his design "could be 'misconstrued' as including gang signs."
Pulger denies any affiliation. Regardless, his art teacher provided hand images from a flyer Pulger apparently used as inspiration for his entry as seen in this Sun-Times photo with Pulger's mother Jessica Loor holding up the comparisons.
(John H. White~Sun-Times)Doing work you're proud of, only to have it go away or altered for reasons beyond your control is, as we all know, part of the business.
Our business.
Adult business.
This is a kid.
He has plenty of time to deal with realities later.
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