celebrity without a face

Hello. My name is Joey DeRuy. I'm from the states but was raised in Kenya Africa as well. I have always felt like I identified with child stars for the amount of attention I could get from people by simply walking down the street and being a different race then the Africans. Sometimes groups would form making it hard to get about the village, up to 20 to 50 adults and children alike. All wanting to touch me to see if the white could rub off on to their skin and if they could make me black with their skin. As sweet as that gesture was in my memory it only makes me think of them and the desire they had there for knowledge, and the opportunity for more culture. So I reflect in these times and the desire in the air for the unknown. As a professional artist I'm happy for the full time work I get in this new era but I still find that there it can be more. If I'm called a talented Illustrator / artist and feel underexposed or disconnected to the entertainment then what. Do I stretch my hand out to see if creativity just rubs off on to each other like my childhood or is creativity simply a part of who we are ? How we are born ? Although you can google my name " Joey DeRuy " I believe it's a shame that the era that Andy Warhol created somehow died with him. He truly bridged the ability to give himself the artist and illustrator the recognition he deserved . If you are a model, musician, actor, or athlete and perform a job well done and receive good work you are expected to go on a media tour and people become familiar with you, your name, and how your latest creation will entertain the world . So why not with artist and illustrators? You can go onto say an evening late night show to talk up your inspiration and show a picture of a painting in the same manor that you would say a movie clip. Hopefully peaking an interest in creativity and the arts the way you would with any other form of entertainment. Some may say that this will devalue the arts. But to give a sneak peak is all anyone ever dose in a television program as you could never get to any true depth in just one hour. And what about a four time academy award winner. They have a craft and are not lesser for their interviews. For us to glamorize knowledge and art for the intelligence it takes to put in to a vision. Do we not live in a world of media? How will the younger generation know? Through the same schools that take art and music out due to budget issues? Is it acceptable to look up to Picasso in an MTV generation? Giving more attention to all of the arts not only generating more work for painters in a slum economy but allowing it to be cool and have kids aspire to be more then a rapper or naked dancer in a video . Or is knowledge as rare to find these days because it too is just not a priority.