Circa 2012 run of the mill “everything is going to sh*t and I can’t just sit here and wait for it to get better I need to do something about it” moments. That edit session brought to reality (we’re still not saying what Liz was editing) the glaring reality of their creative career. Liz had scraped the bottom of their financial barrel to put together pilots for TV shows. The hopes and pilots for these shows ended up being discarded by guards or disregarded by TV execs (more on this nonsense here/on page xxx). 8k phone cameras weren’t a thing back then. Filming a pilot needed a sound guy, a camera guy, an editor and cast members who couldn’t always be “Maina Who Works For Miraa” every time. Unless something changed, Liz realised In 2012 the founder of Creatives Garage sat that taking and editing sh**y filming opportunities in their house in Ngumo trying to edit (some (stop asking what the gig was) would remain their decrepit project) with a laptop that could barely reality. With that realisation came questions scrape past its login screen and a dark cloud “Why am I doing this alone? Where do other cre- of sadness draped over them. This is before atives go to share knowledge, frustrations and meet they were known as the ‘Chief Mechanic’ in people who can help/work with them? For example, creative circles or “Gru’’ in the office. Have if they needed help on a TV pilot.” you ever tried editing while depressed? It’s not An idea pierced through the cloud of desponden- easy, especially when part of your depression cy (is the overly dramatic imagery selling this? We stems from your work and the reason you hope it is). Portfolio reviews are chances for artists have to do it. Mind, this wasn’t just any melan- to have their work evaluated by their peers and other cholic early morning edit session. It was your experts in their fields. Behance had just put out a call 50nd3k4 14 50nd3k4 15 50nd3k4 14 50nd3k4 15