With the constant thinking back to previous art experiences, I've found that my passion has either grown little, shrunk, or remained the same for the past couple years. I am unsure which it is because I do not remember the last time I was truly passionate about what I was making. In the constant continuation of education, I have found little time to create something I want to make that isn't a required assignment and it really wears me down because it's just another assignment even if I have a choice in what it is.
When I entered into the program, I expected that I would get to make a lot of art and get practice for getting better. What I got was a bunch of basics and crash courses in how to use different materials instead of building upon what I already had. As I reached upper division studios, there were some that allowed some building to occur but others that involved learning newer things that were a bit more advanced in understanding. Compared to previous classes outside of college, they all felt eerily similar in "Everyone is going to be doing figure paintings" or "We're going to draw bows". They only difference for college was that they gave us some self-management in figuring out how we approach our drawings. They were still of the same subject matter and just another thing that was checked off in a list. The only classes I've had that differed were some of my Electronic Art studios and in my Pottery course. While we had to tackle similar projects, we were given a rough idea and able to mold it to what we interpreted it as instead of being expected to create something with the same subject matter. I am unsure of where I will be headed, but I worry that if I follow in the same paths as them that my student's passion may dwindle or wane from where it was before. Just as I have been unable to tell where my passion has gone, I do not want them to feel the same way in their artistic lifestyle or wherever they go in life.
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Joel SchreinerBorn on December 17th, 1996, Joel Schreiner entered the Electronic Art program at CSU right out of High School. From there he decided to set his eyes on becoming an educator alongside an illustrator and concept artist. Archives
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