That's how I feel now! Lecturers barking at you from all directions, telling you what to do, what not to do, when you've got to hand in your assignments..... I feel like pulling my hair out.
The worst is definitely not over. I can't believe it that I'm so behind time for my Stop-Motion animation... My final 30 sec - 1 min film is due in 4 weeks and I've yet to start!! That means that I'll be beginning my virgin overnight stay in school... I haven't done that before, and I can't survive without showering at least once a day. Lol... It's unusual for an ADMer to say that he/she hasn't stayed overnight in the Bauhausy building...
Anyways, the lecture we had about art today was pretty interesting. And I feel like I've betrayed myself... I know that I'll eventually make art or deal with design for a living. Which means that I'm selling myself out by catering to the masses. Do I really want to do that? I think not... We need awe-inspiring artists in Singapore. People who dare to use the guerilla approach to promote art for art's sake. NOT ART FOR MONEY'S SAKE!! But I'm sad to say that it's an 80/20 thing that I'll be working as a money hungry designer. I feel like crap for typing that... but who knows, God may take me somewhere else, put me in an environment where I'm needed, and where my needs are fulfilled.
I want to lead a life so passionate, and so full of zest and pride for my own work. I'm not sure if I'm able to experience that, but I pray I do. But if there's one other thing that I would like to work as... it would be a food travel journalist. The opportunity to taste different cultures literally... pretty mindblowing I tell ya. I think I'll put food in front of design. Or maybe I could make art out of designing good looking food... But it's not going to be good because it seems pretentious by doing so... oh dear me. I think I'm getting a little confused now.
But here's something I did for an Illustration class. It's actually a recipe/storybook about characters who get killed (in a cooking kinda way)... Here's a spread from the chapter about 'Baked Fish'.
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Erica! I wish I could give you a big hug right now. We will both make it through this semester. "Don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself." But at the same time, don't be afraid to work on stuff even when you don't know where to start. That's a problem for me sometimes. "But God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of power, of love and of self discipline!"
I feel like I could just repeat your blog but switch in my papers for your movie projects. Hey! You stole my idea for being a food travel journalist! Let's do it together!
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