What Time Is It?

HERE WE GO


1. If you could choose one career (regardless of how unrealistic it may be) what would it be and why?
2. If you could read any 10 books before you die, what would they be and why?
3. Pro Life or Free Choice? Explain.

Prompt 1:

Although I seem to be pursuing a career in the sciences* (at this point in time), I have always wanted to do something that involved pure artistic expression. I have taken classes and summer programs that were “guaranteed” to improve my writing and artistic abilities; I have attempted to play three instruments; and for a time I was teaching myself how to draw. However, I told my mother from the day I could speak that I would never, ever dance. And I don’t believe I have actually sung since I was about six. SO, the odds don’t look promising. Nevertheless, there has not been a day where I haven’t wished I could produce something as unique, meaningful, and beautiful as a work of art.

Naturally, there isn’t anything more difficult to actualize. The entire world is against you. I mean, when you’re sitting at school you are well aware that there are smarter people out there. There always will be. But you can still try-- you can still know (in some way or form) your accomplishments are relatively meaningful. Producing high test scores or achieving satisfactory grades reaps instant benefits. As an artist, I might be dead before people realize my artwork was absolute genius.

If you’re an aspiring artist, eminence and supremacy are staring you in the face every single day. Artists have to transcend scorn, humiliation, and failure. But those who have the gift-and are crazy enough to do it- are the ones who change the world.

* According to my personal thesaurus, “artist” and “scientist” are antonyms. This proves to be quite the dilemma, seeing as I can easily spend three hours in a Picasso exhibit (and still feel rushed) while also claiming the day I held an abnormally large (and preserved) liver to be one of the greatest days of my life. I’m also pretty sure I’ve fallen in love with a tree in the Great Redwoods of California. (His name is Chad).