BALANCE

I am back. And this time, I'll be here for the whole school year. Last semester I was too cool to study in Syracuse so I studied in Florence, ITALIAAAA (no offense to those who were still here). It's hard to explain the whole experience without talking about each day there but all I can say is that it was remarkable and everybody should go abroad. I guess instead of just walking you through the whole experience in one blog, I'll keep referring back to few of the many experiences I had there in the future blogs to come.

Let's talk about now. It's been 3 days since the semester started but I'm already loving my classes and my professors. In retrospect as a senior, I am starting to regret not taking all the various art electives I could have taken throughout my college career. Professors will advise you to take certain classes to help you with your talent and major. For example, my illustration professors always told me to take extra painting classes because it was one of my fortes. The whole painting thing got to my head so much that those were the only electives I was interested in. Even in the summer, I'd only take extra painting classes. I'm not blaming my professors. They were doing their job in helping me find my strong side. Maybe it was my ego telling me that I must only excel in one aspect of art. But at the same time, I can't regret it too much since all those painting classes have helped me broaden my perspective and technical and creative skills.

Florence helped me realize how much I enjoy sculpting and other 3D medias. I think I've always asked myself if I can incorporate sculpting into illustration where in reality, I should have been expressing illustration through all mediums. If something tickles your curiosity, well, let it tickle you. College is not just about "finding yourself" (whatever that means), but to try everything and then find out what you like and don't like. It's very simple really. I think we try to overanalyze our college career when really, we just need to go through all the trial and errors and learn from them. Alright, now I'm just lecturing myself and whomever is reading or will read this.

Oh, horrible news.

Marvel sold themselves to Disney. This is one of the biggest oxymorons in world history.
Thus, we will now be hearing, "Disney's Spider Man... Disney's X-men."