Kim and Jason
Escape Adulthood
October 12, 2007 | by Noah on the writeup...Zach on the Video | Permalink
Kim and Jason help people to escape adulthood. Running their website out of Madison, WI, the married couple strive to cure what they call ‘adultitis.’ Jason says, “We can pull back, into our adult lives, things like playing, being curious, and dreaming big. That’s kind of the core message that we talk about.” Jason, an artist, and Kim, formerly a kindergarten teacher, have together created a series of characters that inhabit a comic strip, both on their website and in print. They use their site to sell retail merchandise and keep a blog, all about allowing the inner child to speak.
The two also maintain a busy public speaking schedule, often to a multi-generational audience. In that, they actively maintain the attention of young children, and adults; at the end, Kim admits, more then a few dads approach them and whisper how much they got out of the talk, which is a mixture of speaking and digital artistry Jason’s part. Not too push the envelope too far, Jason mentions the difference “between the childish and the child-like.” Yet he furthermore distinguishes a childish fear in “selling your soul for benefits.”
Kim and Jason offer unique advice to passionate pursuers; Jason says, “Be complete yourself. And be bold.” He adds, “You can never go wrong with that.” Kim, speaking more specifically to the struggling entrepreneur, says, “If you have a vision of where you want to go, but it seems really far away, just give it one more day.”
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