Meet Patrick Shearn: Creative Director at Poetic Kinetics

We had the good fortune of connecting with Patrick Shearn and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Patrick, do you have any habits that you feel contribute to your effectiveness?
Stemming from many experiences in my upbringing and youth, I have found that saying yes to opportunities has been a fundamental force in my growth and success. I had amazing familial encouragement combined with many unusual opportunities. I had a safety net that allowed me to lean out into the winds of possibility, so I did, with a sense of confidence and trust. Physically, I learned what a human is capable of in terms of strength, endurance, and comfort. Later, challenges that seemed daunting were not that cold, that hard, or that steep. I often found myself being offered positions of responsibility far beyond what my age or experience level might have warranted. Knowing no better, I said yes, and took what was presented as normal. I often choose the new experiences or adventures to be had over money or security. Through this evolving process, I learned a wide variety of skills that, while wildly disparate, would later strongly enhance my problem-solving ability and creative ingenuity. I often find myself combining memories from various situations in the past to create new creative solutions within my art practice. This has given me confidence in my problem-solving ability. Even in situations where I do not completely see the path to success, I trust my instincts, and the team I surround myself with, to figure it out. The more these opportunities present themselves, the stronger this capability becomes. I have learned to embrace these moments and say yes whenever I can.