Past,
Present,
and the
Possible Future
The Story
I was going through a rough patch starting my sophomore year of college. I was wondering if going to this art school was even worth it. I was scared I was losing my passion for art and constantly thinking I wasn’t good enough. So this was a representation of my relationship with art throughout my life.
The Progress
The Past
This is how I thought of myself starting out doing art. The younger years when I was doing art because I wanted to do it. Not because it was an assignment at school or a prompt was given. I was never rushed. I never had to decipher exactly why I wanted to do it. In art school I’m not allowed to do anything without a thorough explanation as to why. So in the past it was fun and new.
The Present
This is what represented my anger and sadness at the time. Everything made me mad. I was tired of being asked to give my opinion then be told that it was wrong. Or no one would listen to me. I was falling apart trying to do what everyone else wanted me to do and the future wasn’t looking so great.
The Possible Future
A chair unable to fulfill its purpose.
A useless creation.
This is how I was starting to picture my future. I was becoming negative and mean. I couldn’t see myself being successful doing what I’ve always wanted to do. No one was trying to help me achieve anything. All people did was tell me what to make. I didn’t have what everyone else seemed to have.
That didn’t stop me from creating.
I will admit I’m still worried about the future but I’m not giving up. I will always keep creating and trying.