We Need to Embrace a New Attitude

If you want to see how creativity is taking root in the Detroit Diaspora of the West Coast, check out the latest blog entry and videos from our very own Robert McTyre, Jr. (known in the YouTube world as “MC”).

Robert is an emergent filmmaker (and a Detroit transplant) whose been in the L.A. area for over a year now. He is capturing the Detroit-to-L.A. experience in a series of videos and blog entries.

Find his latest entries at
www.youtube.com/lordtyre

and

http://co-kubrick.blogspot.com/

…In other news…

I was thinking the other day about how dissuaded those of us who grew up in Detroit during the 60s and 70s were from pursuing careers in fields outside of the auto industry. Now here we are today so badly in needed of a paradigm shift away from the manufacturing-30-and-out mentality. And particularly we so need more emphasis on education and continual learning.

The reality is, though, that the entrenched mindset that I experienced coming up is one that is not going to be removed any time soon—despite the best of legislative efforts and good intentions on the part of the business community.

But it has to begin somewhere.

So...welcome to somewhere!