as you may have noticed, do52 is now defunct.
ugh. just typing that gives me visions of a neon sign over my head blinking “FAILURE.”
defunct, after making a point to vow that i would see it through, no matter what. well, the one and only possible exception to that rule manifested itself in my life and i couldn’t ignore it. i decided to stop working on it and re-focus my energy at the beginning of spring, the same time that i made the decision to go back to school.
for graphic design.
in the UK :)
no, i haven’t gotten into a school yet and no i haven’t secured the money needed yet. but i know everything will fall into place. choices made this strongly are prone to manifest in the way that they’re supposed to.
doing this will give me all the fundamentals that i missed by teaching myself everything i know about design. the foundation i desperately want.
doing this will finally solve my desparation to add some stamps to my neglected passport.
and most importantly, doing this will allow me to do the only thing i want to do these days: wake up every morning knowing the biggest portion of my day will go toward creating. and thinking about what to create. my eyes get all glossy just thinking about that prospect.
there’s no chance for an exception with this. it will be. after long nights spent spilling myself out into personal statements, after money spent on transcripts, after sketching and painting and cutting and gluing and refining my portfolio into existence.
this quote sums up who i want to be. i’m not quite there yet. but i know she’s inside and there’s a spot at a uni on the other side of the pond waiting for her.
Design isn’t a job, a career, or a calling. It’s a total lifestyle. We dominate decision making that is about cultural construction and make-up: music, food, bikes, clothing. You can’t walk down the street and safely guess who’s a doctor or lawyer, but you can guess who has an interest in graphic design.
It’s not simply pushing a button and clicking a few functions in Photoshop. It’s a complicated industry with its own ecology made up of incredibly hard working individuals that is routinely undermined by its own customers.
I love what I do. I wouldn’t change much about what I do. Some people can’t go vegetarian, I can’t stop thinking or practicing design.
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