The view from the Idea Center

Clevelanders are passionate about public art, but do we recognize it at many of our landmarks?
 
ideastream’s David C. Barnett recently visited Angelica Pozo, whose work you’ve likely seen (perhaps without realizing it).
 
The airport RTA Rapid station, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse and West Park are some of the places around town where you can find Pozo’s detailed sculptural mosaic projects. Fortunately for Cleveland, Pozo didn’t give up on her art when painting didn’t seem to click in art school. She just altered her artistic course.
 
“I had gone three semesters there already and every semester was just still life. Still life after still life. I learnt a lot of technique, but that's all I learned,” she said. “We were not really taught about concepts or, you know, just given any kind of entry into why we're painting. It was just how to paint.”

Pozo found her artistic fulfillment when she decided to take a ceramics class.

“That teacher was teaching us technique but was also giving us problems to solve, problems to think about, you know, to think about art concepts and life concepts that you would incorporate into your work,” she said.

There’s a lesson in Pozo’s journey: Your desired goal may not end up as your most fulfilling option. Staying open to other facets of your chosen profession, industry or even hobby may be a better fit for you skills and passion.

It’s proof that sometimes living your dream requires an open mind, not a rigid track.
 

Thanks for reading and listening,
Glenn Forbes

Need to KnOH

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