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📺 Doc Recommendation: The 100 Years Show 👍
The 100 Years Show (Documentary)
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view a painting entitled Equilibrio that was painted by Carmen Herrera in 2012 (above). I saw this over the summer and while it caught my eye, I was even more impressed when I read that Ms. Herrera is over 100 years old and is still painting in her New York studio. Her life and art is the focus of a short short documentary called “The 100 Years Show” which is currently on Netflix
Those of you interested in the creative process will find it fascinating. Ms. Herrera was overlooked in the 1960s and 1970s when others who were doing similar work became famous. However, she continued to develop and refine her art. I wonder if not being famous in her youthful 50s was a blessing? Did it cause her to continue her development instead of stagnating in fame?
If you enjoyed Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant or The Curiosity Muscle by Andy Fromm and Diana Kander, then I highly recommend that you check out the 100 Years Show.
J. Scott Christianson is a technologist and an Associate Teaching Professor of management at the Trulaske College of Business, where his interests are focused on the impact of technology on society. You can connect with him on his website, LinkedIn, Twitter, or by following his newsletter, The Free-Range Technologist.
