"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" (Confucius). Growing up under a conservative father, I never considered art as a profession even though it was always where my heart belonged. My parents wanted me to become a doctor or a lawyer, and I blindly thought that was the way to go. However, I made a life-changing decision to become a fashion designer when I watched a fashion show clip of Christian Dior couture collection in high school. Driven by the energy and excitement of the runway, I thought of creating work like that. My father didn't approve, and he told me that I should not turn my hobby into my profession because I would end up not enjoying it. Despite his advice, I showed him the quote above and told him that I want to spend my life following my passion instead of being forced to do something else. I received a BFA degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014. SAIC taught me to approach fashion as an interdisciplinary medium that brings different areas of art together such as painting, sculpture, performance, fiber, and more. I feel that the time of solely creating beautiful things has ended. Accordingly, good contemporary art needs to be more substantial than a visual …show more content…
She is a professor at SAIC; who has influenced me the most. She was full of knowledge and always posed engaging questions about what fashion does. I would always stay after class to talk with her and share my thoughts on the lectures. By doing so, I started re-examining the role of fashion in our society and how clothing and culture of one time reflect each other. One of the primary research I had done with her was a progression of menswear and how it would affect the principle of masculinity.These discussions shifted my perspective about fashion towards a conceptual level rather than focusing only on
Even if you can't make a living off the thing that makes you happy you should still keep it apart of your life. For instance if you can't become an artist, an athlete, or a author. It doesn't mean you have to stop. It means that their is something else in life you were meant to do. For me I'm a soccer player and I have been playing since I was 8 I keep on planning to play til College. Where I find the career that I want which I have decided on being a Physical Therapist Assistant, Engineer, or an entrepreneur. My dad wants me to be an Entrepreneur because it's a very smart job to have and I really like PTA so I haven't decided which I will in college where I will learn a lot more about the job. I like PTA because I will still be around sports
She is a great inspiration to me, and inspires me even more to become a teacher.
As a child, I always thought that it was my assignment in life to become an attorney. At least that's what my parents said. But not me! I was always into the arts, singing; although I can't, dancing, producing mini shows, or whatever I could do to express myself creatively. Unfortunately my parents were not convinced that the arts would get me far in life, so they pushed me down the college track. Even the high school guidance counselors saw the leadership in me. Surely, she's going to college and becoming a lawyer. So I tried it. Although surrounded by the uncertainty, but these people have my best interest at heart so why not? Except when I got there, I was not passionate about it at all! There started this search of who am I and what is it
During my sophomore year, after all the lectures given and the pressure placed on my shoulders to form a decision as to what I want to do with myself when I graduate, I came to the conclusion that if I couldn’t make a living off of art, that I could inspire future generations in a different way. I’m a junior now, and I may not have it all figured out, but at least I have an idea as to what I desire to accomplish in my lifetime. I became an American when I entered this world 16 years ago, and since then my duty to my country, is the same in which I owe to future generations, to past generations, and to my own. My responsibility to America is to inspire.
My father have always wanted me to be an open-minded girl with different interests, and my parents tried to give me any opportunity to explore myself and find my true passion.
I feel fortunate enough to attend such a prestigious school that gives it’s students the ability to experience things, like Carolina Herrera’s exhibit, that they would probably never have gotten the opportunity to witness otherwise. I especially appreciated it as a fashion marketing student in that it was inspiring and timeless. I think that Carolina Herrera is a perfect designer for SCAD to honor in acknowledgement of her exceptional influence on the fashion industry. She embodies timeless and feminine elegance that should be used as motivation for all of SCAD’s fashion
Mrs. Wood is the person who has influenced my view of the world. She was my ESL teacher in third grade. I would attend her class for about 3 hours everyday and sometimes even more when the teachers from other classes had no idea what to do with me when I started crying in class. Mrs. Wood was not only my teacher but my counselor. She encouraged me to believe in myself and to always put the best effort in anything I do. Mrs. Wood has impacted my life in a way I want to impact others by
After many years working professionally with people and technology in a diverse field settings, I am seeking to leverage my skills in customer service, support and coordination for an opportunity to work within your organization, TrueCar. I am excited to contribute to TrueCar with my skills, experiences and passion for Technical Support and Customer Service, additionally I do not require any sponsorship to work in the
I started my journey working for an adult behavioral program at our local hospital. I worked there for 5 years with amazing people. I now work for a substance abuse facility as support staff that treats not only the substance abuse but the mental health of the clients as well. I have seen the love and caring that the counselors have for their clients. They have helped me understand the problems that the clients are going through. I have become aware of the link between addiction and mental health. These amazing ladies have inspired me to want to help and hopefully bring my faith in GOD as basis for my career in counseling. I feel led in this direction, GOD has put me in this position to witness and help people through his love and mercy. I have traveled many roads
She taught me many techniques and styles, but most importantly that art was not purely realism or made for beauty, but that art is an expression of yourself. The picture you were painting, didn't need to be photo realistic because there were so many forms of art that you could explore. She inspired me to want to hep others grow as an artist and as a creative mind. She was the first teacher that I felt truly wanted me to succeed, and believed that I could. Throughout my years as an art student I have had some teachers who were perfectionists and only taught in a very strict concrete way. However these high school teachers did not discourage me, if anything they heightened my motivation. It only validated my idea that I want to inspire others and provide them a community of acceptance, education, and creativity. I need to be an art teacher because I want to positively impact the future, to instill a deep sense of purpose to students, to make sure everyone is cared for, to be constantly learning new things every day, to inspire generations of change, to explore creativity, and to prove that one person can make a
My name is Erwin Kovacs I am 19 years old and I would like to express my big dream to be allowed to spend my exchange studies at the University of Southern California during the summer semester 2017.
Parent’s pressuring their offspring into a career that they do not enjoy is one of the few pressures that many college students still continue to face throughout their
As my senior year draws to a close, it feels like the pressure is cracking down on me to choose one passion. How can I? I would be subtracting an essential part of me. Everything I have ever learned about myself was through art, regardless of the medium. There is no real choice. As I pass through the doorway leading into my adult life, I carry with me many identities. With each challenge ahead of me, I understand the only true task is finding a new part in me, a new
My explanation somehow did not work well. I started struggling between my career and my father’s “career”. Before it was too late to decide my major, I gave a chance for myself and picked something related to my future career.
Ever since I was five years old, I had wanted to be a dress-designer. I used to look at magazines such as Elle and Vogue in great awe. Most people clothes, I saw art and the passion of the designers poured onto the fabric. I started drawing my ideas for when I would grow up and have models wear the clothes I designed. One day I decided to show these designs to my parents. My mother was speechless and I assumed I had impressed her but my father frowned and forbade me from drawing clothes.