Resting
I'm finally finished with my first semester at art school. When I first started, I had the same misconceptions that the general population had - "it's art school...it can't really be that difficult". I thought my professors were joking when they said we would work harder than most lawyers will for their degrees - but somewhere in the average of 3 hours of sleep a night, my record of 8 hours of sleep in a 60something hour period, the wounds from exacto knives, and the empty boxes of caffeine pills, I realized they might actually be right.
I've never really gone through something as emotionally and physically taxing as this with school or career, but it's also been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Somehow loving what you do makes all the bad stuff not so bad. I am, however, frightened of my next semester - I'm taking an accelerated program, so that I can start as a sophomore in 1/2 year rather than 1 full year - so this summer, when I would normally be sipping cocktails in Mexico or exploring some European land, I'll be in 9 hour classes - which have been condensed from a normal 15 week program into 10 weeks. I'm contemplating buying shares in the caffeine pill industry, then doling them out to the masses in my section to reap the benefits.
So, while I've been horrible at keeping this blog current, the next 10 weeks may prove even less successful. I'll try to come here, as a means of sanity and brief escape, but I have a feeling sleep will win out over coming online to release my thoughts.
Well, I'm off to enjoy my week of vacation - try to get as much sleep and normal exercise as possible, before I return to the abyss I call school.
