Why, Wendy, do you do the work?
We asked ourselves recently why we do the work we do here in Damn Unicorn and in our separate businesses. Here are my answers.
What is your vision for an ideal world (where no one needs what I have to share)?
If I were Queen of the world and could dictate these things, then my ideal world would be one where people are happy and accept themselves. They know that they are weird and wonderful and their level of crazy makes them happy. They don’t judge themselves for all the small failures that teach them how to do the things they’re passionate about.
What is it about your story that makes you passionate about this topic?
Growing up with a creative mind meant that I really thought differently than the people around me. I felt keenly how different I was and saw myself as the ugly duckling and was deeply unhappy with myself for years. I experienced all the years where I tried to match the business sense and responsibility I saw in my peers but struggled to match it. I suppressed my creativity in order to be taken “seriously” and it took a chunk out of my spirit to do that. I would give people a space where they can be professional and creative. To be professional uniquely and differently from all the traditional models we’re taught.
What would be the consequences on society/the world if this issue was NOT addressed?
People would sit in their little grey cubicles and live grey, left-brained lives where nothing unexpected and magic happens. Things would be orderly but bland and some people would throw themselves off tall buildings to escape the sameness. Seriously, though, I think they would be separated from intuition and a free-flowing partnership with the Universe - that ineffable something that puts you in the path of experiences and people that you could never have planned for and which make your life a rich, and hearty meal.
Bring it all together: Why do you do what you do?
I believe this world needs happy people who accept themselves for the weird, wonderful creatures they are. My early experiences, suppressing my creative energies in order to present as “responsible” and “business-y” makes me passionate about connecting people with their intuition so that they can experience rich lives, connected to the unexpected.
That is called unicorning!