My goal for the event was to communicate that ANYONE can translate their ideas through design. Often, we reserve the practice of design for “artists,” but this event proved this incorrect. It was heartwarming to see the AMA members dive headfirst into the competition 

As part of my presentation, I included a quote from Rick Rubin. I’ll leave this here as my key takeaway.

“Living life as an artist is a practice.

You are either engaging in the practice or you’re not.

It makes no sense to say you’re not good at it.

It’s like saying, ‘I’m not good at being a monk.’

You are either living as a monk or you’re not.”