With Passion Comes Possibility
Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Emma Lupton in Blog
I’m a strong believer in passion – ok, before I continue let me just add that this is in a purely professional sense and by passion I mean having genuine enthusiasm for whatever I do.
As a PR professional this certainly helps, after all if you’re passionate about a project or campaign you’re much better placed to pass this on to inspire journalists or third parties to get involved and share the message. To me it’s also about having a genuine desire to do a really good job and support the people that we work with. In fact it’s our passion for PR that led to the launch of Open Comms.
Through our work with Enterprise UK, we’ve been lucky enough to see how passion can make a real difference and transform lives; whether this is through a group of youngsters inspired by enterprise – like the team from Birkdale School in Sheffield who have clocked up ten awards for their enterprise skills, or fellow Enterprise UK ambassadors who have turned their passion into a business idea.
One such ambassador is Samantha Hodgson from Art49. Samantha changed her career in banking to become a full time artist, and in doing so transformed her home and work life.
I recently had the pleasure of seeing Samantha celebrate the opening of her first solo exhibition ‘Reflecting Light’ at Shine in Leeds.
Here Samantha unveiled her passion and her talent through beautiful, original pieces. She certainly inspired me, not just through her paintings but also through her enterprise journey that shows that with passion comes possibility.
If you’re looking for inspiration or simply love art, pop along to Sam’s exhibition at Shine in Leeds – after all passion is infectious.
Without passion life would be dull and I would have to questions whether it would be worth living – local entrepreneur Deirdre Bounds was recently on Radio 2′s Jeremy Vine show and suggested that you should always to due something your passionate about. Sam’s exhibition works in a number of ways it shows how someone’s passion can be their living and also how art and the creative process can be inspirational and help to spark ideas.