Francisco Crespi
https://crespi.design
No one wants to talk to you if you’re looking for work. Available is good, but looking for work is not good. Never ask for anything in the subject line. Don’t do it.
“Do you resent people with AIDS? Do you trust HIV-negatives? Have you given up hope for a cure? When was the last time you cried?”
― It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
― It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
“During the first nineteen months of the [AIDS] epidemic, the New York Times wrote about it a total of seven times. During the first three months of the Tylenol scare in 1982, the New York Times wrote about it a total of 54 times. By 1983, AIDS had claimed more than two thousand lives, while seven people had died of Tylenol poisoning.”
― It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
― It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
“When you’re a freelancer, your reputation is always on the line. You have skin in the game, and the stakes are high. You’re fired up about every job because if you don’t do a good job, the client doesn’t have to hire you again. There’s a direct relationship between the work you do and your future with the client. On the other hand, if you’re on staff, you get paid whether the work is great or not.”
― The Freelance Manifesto: A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
― The Freelance Manifesto: A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
“Sure, you can also list your awards, what software you know, and your college degrees on your About page, but your photo and the friendly paragraph you write about yourself are much more important.”
― The Freelance Manifesto: A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
― The Freelance Manifesto: A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
“Though gay white men became the first group of people visibly associated with AIDS, we now know that HIV was first an epidemic among intravenous drug users and communities of color, going back at least to the 1960s and ’70s.”
― It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
― It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
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