My Art History.

I'm an Art major.

I am an ART major.

I AM an Art major.

I am an Art major?

Are you as confused as I am?

Well, maybe I should clarify this, for you and me.

This might have always been in my blood. My mother is a very 

talented artist. Even though she was not fortunate to pursue her passion,

I am so grateful she is making it possible for me to pursue mine.

Ever since the young age of 5 I danced. I always loved it.

I would plie' and leap while running around my kitchen.

After I was given my first boombox, I would head out to my trampoline and 

play "gymnastics" and perform tumbling routines, not much besides

toe touches and cartwheels and round offs.

Did I mention I was in a baby pink velvet leotard?

If you can't tell, I like to entertain.

Wow, I am way off track now.

I also remember my mom sketching on the programs in church.

I would do the same and always made sure I had a pen with me on Sunday.

In elementary school, I entered talent shows and the Reflection contests 

for dance and painting.

They were both awful, but hey, I was little!

In 6th grade, I entered the Lions Club International contest.

It was themed around America so I painted a silhouette of a young girl holding a candle

standing in front of the statue of liberty. The statue of liberty was surrounded by a orange-red glow I blotted and smudged in.

Surprisingly, I won first place in my school and went on to win 3rd place regionally.

I won $15!

As I continued to grow, so did my love for all things artistic.

Choreographing dances changed my life completely.

Still to this day, when I hear a good song I visualize a dancer, someone with much more talent then I will ever have, and picture how I would see them dance to this music.

And so, I danced. I pushed myself through more then anyone will know

just to be able to dance. Nobody will ever understand how much pain I have been though

with injuries, but more so, by letting go of dance.

I decided it was time to grow up, go to college, and begin my adult life.

I could not have been more of child!

It took me two years of general education to realize that I was avoiding what I love to do.

Create!

After taking classes about science, math (gross!), and sociology, I found my favorites were creative art, english, and intro to interior design.

I then went to the career center and took some aptitude tests.

They told me I wasn't interested in anything.

anything!? Really?

Shouldn't one be interested in at least one thing?

To be fair, the test said I was moderately interested in everything.

However, with a slight edge above the rest, was the arts.

Side note: I may need to mention that I am not a test taker,

I get anxiety, freeze, and occasionally, fail.

The center gave me a list of careers to explore and the only one that stuck with me was Art Director.

I would LOVE to have this career.

I am still working towards it as a possibility.

To be honest, I am not entirely sure of how to become one.

I also really love photography.

I oogle and google it all the time.

I am currently taking film photography classes,

that is why I haven't been posting many pictures.

Can i tell you a secret?

On the first day of my first photography class,

I just got this warm feeling inside.

I was excited to go to class,

I was excited to show my work,

and I was proud of what I had made.

And today, I ran across this video on the rockstar diaries blog.

I watched the beautiful graphics and dancers and felt so in awe.

The fact that our society has gone from the wheel to computers and graphics is just phenomenal.

I want to keep creating and be a part of something like this someday.

Check it out and just absorb this.... think about its meaning.

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

So someone please tell me I am not a fraud, and a real artist.

Because I really don't want all of this work to be a mistake!

I just love the arts.

Yes, some of it weird.

But hey, aren't we all?