Hey.
It's now week eight of my art portfolio course... I'm getting by. Just! It's crazy. I'm enjoying Glasgow though, everybody's lovely, I feel like I'm starting to get some good friends already (: Only problem is I'm starting to hate art. Urgh.
It's just because of the way they do it really - everything's about symbolism and it's beyond farty if you know what I mean! For example one of the topics is food - I chose the Irish Potato Famine (don't ask why. Please) and they've got me making cages out of wire, suspending them and weaving words into the bars to visually convey the word 'trapped'. I'm really not into the whole floaty symbolism stuff. I don't think my mind works the right way for it - I'm too self conscious! :S I feel like I'm doing everything just to please them rather than preparing a proper portfolio for the art schools, or doing something I enjoy. Cardonald's the best place in Scotland to do this course and it has a 98% success rate so it's not like I've picked a rubbish course! Moan moan.
Anyway, another problem is that from about the 2nd week or so I've been really thinking I've chosen the wrong thing. I also applied to do geography at uni last year (got into aberdeen, strathclyde, glasgow and edinburgh) but turned them all down to do art. I feel kinda crummy going to college when I always thought I'd go to university! I'm probably just doing the whole grass-is-greener thing and if I was doing geography I'd hate it too I went to the Edinburgh University open day to look at doing geography and loooved it... but I've got the art school open days next week and I'll probably change my mind after that. I have to make my final decision by January, and even if I do change my mind and apply for University, I'll still finish this course. I just feel like I'd get a better education if I studied geography. The only thing is the jobs it leads onto are increeedibly boring because I'd be doing it as an MA rather than a BSc. Sorry to be so dull! I'm just totally dwelling on it right now and it's kind of messing up my motivation as far as art is concerned. Blah.
If you've bothered to struggle through that (ha ):
Baaasically I'd like to hear from as many people as possible that have gone through this or are going through the same thing! I need as much advice/information as possible (: Anyone doing art/geography or know anyone who is? Did you choose art school over uni or vice versa?