Wow. Okay. So, I love living in Chattanooga. I love the fact that you can actually walk to your destination without getting run over, thanks to the miraculous invention of sidewalks, not to mention our lovely pedestrian bridge. I love the galleries, the museum, and the artistic vibe of the city. And the food is wonderful. I mean, I can actually buy things that are actually food, instead of over-processed junk that will catch up to me when I get older. And I'm happy with the school I have chosen. In the end, I'm glad I didn't go to the private school that I had been wanting to attend. The faculty here are wonderful. They've really helped me find my shortcomings as well as my strengths. It's so much better than a small town where if you have the tiniest bit of talent in painting flowers or dogs, you're "such a gifted artist". But I've passed my sophomore review, which means that I've been judged good enough to enter the upper division art courses, which I'm hoping will help me find my personal vision and destroy the weaknesses and personal issues that hold me back.

I'm excited about the coming years. I've grown so much from just one year in the program, and this is only the beginning. But it's summer now, and I've given myself a plan for how I'd like to spend it. I've got another mural job in Chattanooga that I'll be driving over there for on Fridays. It's almost finished; if I can get good pictures of it, you'll see it here. I'm not going job-hunting this summer. In a town this size, with this economy, it would be futile. Last summer taught me that, and things haven't improved. I'm going to try for one in Chattanooga in the fall, so that I might be able to afford my own rent by this time next year. I've also got a summer class in June, but that won't be much of an ordeal.

So, my spare time will be committed to creating art. I've done next to nothing for myself for the past year. My efforts have been focused on academic work alone, and while that has sharpened my skills in a few mediums, it hasn't brought me much closer to finding my artistic voice. And I'm not talking about "my style" here. That phrase is thrown around too easily on DA. I'm talking about vision, and personal content in my work. My career goal is illustration, and I need to find that spark that will allow me to tell stories in a way that only I can. So I need to stop spending all of my free time watching anime or playing Perfect World. This is my career I'm talking about, and if I don't take this part of my life seriously, I'm going to be broke for a very long time. I want to be able to afford Chattanooga food.

I'm feeling rather empowered right now, so if you don't mind, I'm going to cut this short and go develop my personal vision. And by that I mean DRAW.

Boo-ya.


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