Donnine is a Latinx Art Director in the Advertising Industry. We'll talk about how she went from a lower-income family to her current, well-earned success, and the importance of representation in minority communities, as well as creative practices and mentorship.
Then, Chiara and Michelle talk about the astrological placements and phenomena at play in the deaths of the artists who make up, “The 27 Club.”
Find Donnine: @donnine_ + [email protected]
Donnine’s favorite creative resource: Invisible Creatives: an online database where minority creative professionals can share their portfolios.
Making Chiara happy this week is: Spotify’s Binaural Beats Sleep Playlist
Look up your astrological birth chart: www.astro.com
(02:40) The satisfaction of being able to physically create what you imagine.
(04:17) Story about Judd Apatow on sucking as a stand-up comedian.
(07:31) Sucking when you’re starting out IS NORMAL.
(10:10) Questions to ask when you think, “I can’t do it.”
(11:05) Who told you that you were bad at whatever thing you think you can’t do?
(12:27) What’s making Chiara happy.
(16:56) What it means to be a successful female creative.
(18:01) Donnine starts her story.
(20:21) Art Directors vs. Graphic Designers.
(22:45) Perusing Animation.
(24:22) The key to advertising is…
(26:11) Winning a D&AD Pencil.
(26:16) Defying the odds.
(32:12) Landing freelancing gigs.
(35:09) When you’re certain that you have something in the bag and then… you don’t.
(37:10) Donnine’s time management strategy and tips.
(37:51) Learning Limits and time management.
(39:53) Donnine’s on how to work better and faster.
(43:51) Advocating for minority representation in your work and workplace.
(48:35) The importance of mentorship in companies + how to become a mentor right now.
(53:26) Lessons through dance. Dance as church/spiritual practice/renewal.
(54:51) What ecstatic dance is.
(55:08) The benefit of getting grounded in your body when your job is to be in your head.
(57:11) Listening to your inner guidance + shaping a narrative on social media.
(1:01:37) Closing questions.
(01:12:26) Astrology Starts
(01:13:31) Define the 27 Club.
(01:23:31) The definition of a Progressed Lunar Return, and how it’s NOT the Saturn return.
(01:18:29) The correct age of the Saturn return 29-30.
(01:20:26) Why so many musicians are in the 27 Club?
(01:20:46) The meaning of Neptune.
(01:23:21) Which Neptune conjunctions signal substance abuse issues?
(01:23:41) We go over Janis Joplin and Amy Winehouse’s charts.
(01:25:26) Half nodal return definition.
(01:27:53) Sobriety and being 27.
(01:29:69) Famous sober thought leaders.
(01:30:58) Define a Nodal Return.
(01:31:50) The highest vibration of Neptunian energy
(01:32:24) A disclaimer + how to pull up your birth chart.
(01:33:26) Tips for people who have similar placements to those in the 27 Club, and to people who are about to go through their progressed Lunar Returns.
(01:37:16) How Chiara went from being an atheist to developing a spiritual practice.
(01:38:26) What the Saturn return is.
(01:39:26) How progressed lunar returns work with Saturn returns.
