should i pursue art?

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:19:00 +0000

so there's been an idea nagging at me since the beginning of this semester. actually since way before to be truly honest. no matter now much i shove it down and try to ignore it, it surfaces again every time i go to mr. popp's art class, hold a camera, or hold a calligraphy pen. should i major in art?

i think i would like to, but i'm scared to. what if i'm not really good enough? what if it's just meant to be a hobby that i spend my life working at? can i do it? what would i do with an art degree? how would i pay for it?

yeah, so those are just a few of the questions that start tumbling around in my head when i begin to consider it. when i first started at sauk, i knew that i loved photography, but i didn't really think that i could do art seriously. now that i've been at school for three years, and accomplished very little, i wish that i had just started off taking art classes. i could have had at least an associate's degree by now. pursuing art would be pretty much starting over. i mean, if i do, it's good that i have some gen eds done. but do i really want to start over?

and i guess one of the things that really scares me is . . . what will everyone say? "geez, she's been going to school for three years and has nothing to show for it." it's true. i know that i shouldn't worry about what people say. easier said than done. yet others are surprised to learn that i'm not studying art. not that i mind office administration.

probably the biggest question i have is "what does God think of this idea?" i know enough to know that doing things out of God's will never really works out too well.

hmmm. so i'm thinking. and praying. and dreaming.

pray for me, will you?

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:48:00 +0000

i love this song because it's a wonderful reminder. it's an awesome thing to be excited about heaven. it's a delicate balance though. while we shouldn't be too focused on our temporal everyday lives, we also shouldn't waste the time God has given us here on the earth. hmm. i don't know about you, but I'm challenged.

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noreply@blogger.com (Lauren) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:42:00 +0000

. . . yes, i know. it's probably kind of lame to post this picture. but i just had to. it makes me smile whenever i see it. i suppose that quote "a picture is worth a thousand words" really is true . . .

lauren

a girl and her camera

should i pursue art?

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