Stan Ross

[spike_so_high]

so basically going to school for art is pointless. The only reason I'm here is to further my education and become more skilled in a broader range of things. It just kinda doesn't seem to sit right because I want freedom of expression and to be able to create beauty through my own abilities...not what some teacher tells me how things should look or be. Who the hell are they to decide, just because of their backgrounds, and training, and tastes...doesn't mean that it's not still art in my eyes. I can't stand it. I'm sure I'm not the only one that rants like this but, It just sucks. Art shouldn't have rules and guidelines and grades...It's whatever you want to create at any given time. Maybe I've watched Dig too much. Like how the record companies decide what music is good and what's not good. I'm sure it is a lot different when the artist is getting paid for it or not...but I'm not getting paid, I'm paying to be here in school, to create, to have the necessary tools at my disposal. Somehow I can still get bad grades and miss out on opportunities for jobs in the future, because some jackass that did everything the teacher wanted and got a better gpa gets picked over me...not saying that I'm a great artist, but that is what I'm in school to become.

or I just have no idea what I'm talking about.