August 4, 2006

  • Food for Thought

    Being a visual person, I think I do get inspired by movies and television. My favorite thing, of course,are fashion magazines. However, I recently decided to rent Season 1 of Project Runway. I didn't really know a ton about the show, but I knew it had to do with fashion, and that was enough for me!

    The premis of the show is that they started out with 12 designers, and each week they would give the designers a challege. At the end of the challenge, there would be a runway show. Each contestant was then judged and critiqued, and the person with the lowest score was eliminated. When it got down to the final three designers, they got a chance to create a collection to show at Olympus fashion week in New York City.

    When I watched the first episode, it reminded me of my time right before I entered college, and also, my first year in college. While I always did well in art when I was in high school, I always had this frustration because I sensed I was capable of doing more with my art. However, art was not a priority at my school, and I am the only person in my family who is deemed artistic, so I ended up feeling very lost and unsure of what to do. When I was accepted into college, the first year consisted of "basic training" in both medium and design concepts, and the projects were a way for me to creative problem solve. I did extremely well that first year, and was also inspired by being in an environment where I was finally surrounded by people who were like minded, and who knew how to help me.

    Watching this show has awakened my excitement at this next stage of my life. Now I have the college degree and a handful of years of real life experience. I've been sensing that things are changing yet again, and that I am going through another growth spurt. However, I've also felt intimidated about what I think I should do next, which is to actively finish my personal photography project and start visiting galleries.

    I don't want to drag on this blog entry. All I want to say is that it's given me a sense of "It could be possible for me". I even went so far as to contact the photographer from New York that I mentioned in a previous entry. She has written me back, and has asked me to contact her when she returns to the states, even going so far as to provide me with her phone number. We shall see what happens...