So... I've been rethinking my life. :/
I went through a bit of a mental reshuffling this week. I feel a lot better emotionally than I did last week, but overall I'm still feeling... lost and confused.
For the first time since high school, I'm seriously considering medical illustration again. I know it's a super specific career (and that's part of why it scares me), but I really fit the mold well. All my life, I've gotten strange responses from both scientists and artists because they're always surprised to hear that I'm involved in both subjects. When the graduate students in my research lab see me doodling in between experiments, they make comments like "Wow, why didn't you end up majoring in art?" Back when I WAS an art major my first year of college, the kids were all "O.o what" when they heard that I was also taking Cell Biology and other biology classes.
I did a quick survey of medical illustration and I found out that there's only five schools in the whole North American continent that teaches it. (Like I said, super specific.) The one I'd probably be most interested in is at John Hopkins, but they only take six students a year! (Granted, I'm sure only like, 10 people apply. :/ It's really not a popular thing to go to graduate school for.) I have almost nothing left from my high school art portfolio dude, I have to raid my own Deviantart account so I'll have to make a new one, but that's pretty doable in a year off, right?
I'm also considering forensics again. It was always a great interest of mine and I know I can do well because I have no fear of blood and gore, but... at the same time, I've never seen a dead person and I don't know how well I'll react at a crime scene. I guess that's one of the things you'll have to learn while you're a student. :/ The unfortunate thing about forensics is that a, it can obviously depress you, and b, it's one of those careers where you need years of experience to be "good" at your job. :/ I'm kind of impatient. xD
Yeah... I don't know. Maybe this is a weird mood that will pass by next week. In any case, I'm suddenly glad that I have no plans after graduation. I've been way too focused on doing what everyone tells me to do (finance for a good salary, biology because that's what my major dictates, etc.) that I haven't really sat back and thought about my life.
Man, I'm about to have a whole year without school. I haven't had that since I was five years old. I'm actually looking forward to it now. :)
For the first time since high school, I'm seriously considering medical illustration again. I know it's a super specific career (and that's part of why it scares me), but I really fit the mold well. All my life, I've gotten strange responses from both scientists and artists because they're always surprised to hear that I'm involved in both subjects. When the graduate students in my research lab see me doodling in between experiments, they make comments like "Wow, why didn't you end up majoring in art?" Back when I WAS an art major my first year of college, the kids were all "O.o what" when they heard that I was also taking Cell Biology and other biology classes.
I did a quick survey of medical illustration and I found out that there's only five schools in the whole North American continent that teaches it. (Like I said, super specific.) The one I'd probably be most interested in is at John Hopkins, but they only take six students a year! (Granted, I'm sure only like, 10 people apply. :/ It's really not a popular thing to go to graduate school for.) I have almost nothing left from my high school art portfolio dude, I have to raid my own Deviantart account so I'll have to make a new one, but that's pretty doable in a year off, right?
I'm also considering forensics again. It was always a great interest of mine and I know I can do well because I have no fear of blood and gore, but... at the same time, I've never seen a dead person and I don't know how well I'll react at a crime scene. I guess that's one of the things you'll have to learn while you're a student. :/ The unfortunate thing about forensics is that a, it can obviously depress you, and b, it's one of those careers where you need years of experience to be "good" at your job. :/ I'm kind of impatient. xD
Yeah... I don't know. Maybe this is a weird mood that will pass by next week. In any case, I'm suddenly glad that I have no plans after graduation. I've been way too focused on doing what everyone tells me to do (finance for a good salary, biology because that's what my major dictates, etc.) that I haven't really sat back and thought about my life.
Man, I'm about to have a whole year without school. I haven't had that since I was five years old. I'm actually looking forward to it now. :)