Finding Your Howl by Jonathon Flaum starts off talking about a pack of red wolves that get taken into captivity because they are endangered. They are in captivity for so long that when released into the wild, they forget how to howl. They didn't need to howl in their cages or hunt because they were fed on schedules everyday so basically they forgot to be wild animals. The wolf kept going through obstacles to try to learn how to howl but could never get it. The moral of the story is that you will always have a barrier to overcome to get want you want and once you overcome a certain barrier there will be several more after that. For instance, the tiger in the story Jonathon told where he kept escaping from the cages at the zoo and would just end up in another cage relates to life. Your personal cage never disappears, but there are ways that you can escape it and 'find your howl'.
"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso." - Pablo Picasso.
This quote means something to me creatively for many reasons. First, I take it saying that if you work hard enough at something you will end up at the top such as starting as a soldier and ending up a general or starting as a camera-man, intern, or assistant and ending up being director. If you work hard enough at something, it will pay off at the end. Like the 'Finding Your Howl' blog, you have many things and "cages" you must overcome in life to reach your goals.
This quote also represents what I'm trying to accomplish with being in a creative major because instead of just taking the typical route and wanting to be a teacher, or sit in a cubical and work a 9-5 job I'm doing something different. Instead of being a soldier or general, Picasso wanted to be different and became a painter, so he made a name for himself because he worked hard and stood out.
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