second thoughts
i'm honestly having second thoughts about studying in london next semester.
if i go, it'll mean that i won't be taking any studio art classes for an entire semester - arguably the most important semester because that was when we were meant to be making work to qualify for the senior honours studio program. i want to get in because it means getting into a class where people are serious about their art work, which will help me make better art, but also because it means getting a studio space (finally) and prestige. the last reason is important mainly because it means that my monthly pay when i get home will be slightly higher each month. hehe.
if i don't go, i'll have an extra semester to take all these classes that i've wanted so badly to take, but haven't been able to because of clashing schedules and idiots burning the metal-smithing studio down. classes like jewellery-making, silkscreen and more advanced projects in drawings classes so that i actually learn how to be good at something. it seems like i'm slowly bringing everything i know to the table, but i feel like i need time and i don't have it.
but in exchange, i guess, is an art history minor. which i don't really need... it's just one of those things that will be good to have around just so you could say you didn't play all day during university (i.e. only do the 'fun' art stuff... god the effects of my upbringing and my mother's colleagues have never been so deeply felt...) but also did some Srs Bznz. if i go, i'll go to london and study SRS but hopefully interesting... hopefully... art history classes like Architecture in Britain, Contemporary Art in Britain, British Art... shit like that. i mean, they're interesting but they're no studio art classes.
if i go, i'll get to hang out with everyone in london. that was the main reason why i'd wanted to go in the first place. i'd felt so disconnected from my friends when i'm at school that i thought it would be a good idea. i still think that it's a good idea, but perhaps not as strongly as i had when i applied to study abroad. is it worth the trade off?
also, i guess, i don't like new york. i want to live somewhere else. but i don't know if london will be much better because i hate the tube and it seems to rain all the time there. i don't know if i'm being too blind, but i have to make my decision soon, submit deposits and buy plane tickets.
any advice? could sure use some... :|
if i go, it'll mean that i won't be taking any studio art classes for an entire semester - arguably the most important semester because that was when we were meant to be making work to qualify for the senior honours studio program. i want to get in because it means getting into a class where people are serious about their art work, which will help me make better art, but also because it means getting a studio space (finally) and prestige. the last reason is important mainly because it means that my monthly pay when i get home will be slightly higher each month. hehe.
if i don't go, i'll have an extra semester to take all these classes that i've wanted so badly to take, but haven't been able to because of clashing schedules and idiots burning the metal-smithing studio down. classes like jewellery-making, silkscreen and more advanced projects in drawings classes so that i actually learn how to be good at something. it seems like i'm slowly bringing everything i know to the table, but i feel like i need time and i don't have it.
but in exchange, i guess, is an art history minor. which i don't really need... it's just one of those things that will be good to have around just so you could say you didn't play all day during university (i.e. only do the 'fun' art stuff... god the effects of my upbringing and my mother's colleagues have never been so deeply felt...) but also did some Srs Bznz. if i go, i'll go to london and study SRS but hopefully interesting... hopefully... art history classes like Architecture in Britain, Contemporary Art in Britain, British Art... shit like that. i mean, they're interesting but they're no studio art classes.
if i go, i'll get to hang out with everyone in london. that was the main reason why i'd wanted to go in the first place. i'd felt so disconnected from my friends when i'm at school that i thought it would be a good idea. i still think that it's a good idea, but perhaps not as strongly as i had when i applied to study abroad. is it worth the trade off?
also, i guess, i don't like new york. i want to live somewhere else. but i don't know if london will be much better because i hate the tube and it seems to rain all the time there. i don't know if i'm being too blind, but i have to make my decision soon, submit deposits and buy plane tickets.
any advice? could sure use some... :|