who said that?

How many people really truly know who they are? I'll admit, I'm getting a sense of it, but I know I don't REALLY know. When you finally figure it out you've got a foot and half your torso in the grave. That's just the way it works. Is anyone completely themselves at all times? Very few. When you think you know, just wait a few years and your present self will look back and call your past self an asshole. It's perpetual. I admire those few people that can be themselves all the time and not give a shit what people think. But sometimes, those are the people the rest of call jerk-offs and pricks. But they don't care anyway, so good for them, I guess. And too bad for those of us that are jealous of their ability to shun societal acceptance. But there is a difference between being yourself and just having no filter. Or is there? If to be yourself is not to censor yourself then I suppose being a filterless freak is the epitome of self-realization.
OK, let's bring this back to Earth. So there are these thought boards for Suave. The theme is perceptions of women and their view of beauty. Of course, everyone gives these idealized answers. "ALL women are beautiful." "...a woman is beautiful when she is herself..." Yes, yes, deep down I know a lot of people believe that. But how many people act in a way that coincides with that philosophy?
Which brings us to advertising, as always. It is a terrible habit, bringing everything back to advertising. That's a whole other post. But there is a great podcast called "American Copywriter," which discussed how important it is to "be you more" in advertising. How it is so easy to compromise your beliefs and defer to the business. And this next thought is from Jim Henson. Sometimes you have to compromise your art for business, but at the end of the day the business is allowing you to share your art with more people. In fact, it allows us to continue making the art. Rather than be starving artists and writers. Advertising is our bullhorn. And yes, we complain about the client and being put in little boxes and being whores to commercialism. But at the end of the day, I love this job. We all do. Unfortunately.