My New Blog

The extent to which my future is planned out is complicated, at least in my perspective. For many years now I’ve had my goal/goals clear in my mind. The problem is I have thought too far ahead perhaps. My motivation has long been the dream of being known amongst a wide audience of people who I’ve entertained through my creations, be it in the form of an animated show, or a video game or even a film. I have fleshed out characters, storylines, and more mapped out in my mind. But the sweet dream of these ideas coming to life and becoming famous to some degree has become a constant daydream of mine, to the point that it clouds my mind and interferes with my current work. Shortly put: I know what I want my future to be like and wish for it to come to me instantaneously instead of having to go through years of work and building up.

My desire would be to either bring my ideas to life through animation or video gaming. I suppose if I were ever to study abroad that Japan would be a good place to visit for the video gaming culture it has.

I am not a part of any sort of group or club as of yet. I tend to remain fairly secluded regarding my ideas and stories. But once the actual creation of games begins in my Interactive Game Studies major I would gladly open up with a team to help get my ideas on screens.

When I doc my time spent with certain activities I notice I mostly keep to myself to relax, either watching movies, videos, or playing video games. I find myself doing this for unnatural amounts of time usually, spending countless hours on social media and online games. During weekdays I spend around six hours at St Eds on Mondays, five hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and three hours on Wednesdays and Fridays. When at home I spend up to four hours on my phone on any given day, and six hours or more playing games on weekends.

Seeing the ratio of time I commit to school to the time I spend playing has made me come to the realization that my work ethic and grades suffer due to my desire to constantly relax and put off important things. I will continue to track the time I spend on certain activities in the hope that I can push myself to spend more time on work and school and give only reasonable amounts of time for playing and goofing off.

 

Part 2

This is a picture of the poster currently sitting atop a bookshelf in my room. I made the poster in the third grade for a science fair. With my considerable knowledge of animal and plant life, both extinct and still living, I decided to make my project about the gigantic prehistoric shark Charcharodon Megalodon. I have a fascination with sharks, knowing many trivial facts about many species, some of which many people I know have probably never heard of. The project was simply a matter of drawing the shark and typing and printing out my pages along with an extra image, as I had already known much about the Megalodon before the assignment was even given to the class. This poster reminds me of how my interests fuel my knowledge and how unique I was at such a young age with my amazement of biology and extreme memorization of facts about animals. This poster represents, to me, the things I’m capable of when I simply put in the effort.

The main point of these articles is the claim that an artist is an entrepreneur. In the context that an entrepreneur is, by definition, a person who take higher financial risks to become successful, I agree that an artist can be considered an entrepreneur. A good artist must constantly take risks in order to succeed, finding the next idea after the next, with each one needing to surpass the last. Artists work can be considered abstract and drastically different from the norm, which can lead to success for them for their taking a risk, not unlike successful yet risky decisions of an entrepreneur.

As someone with ideas and who wishes to create for a living I’d fancy myself to be a future artist, and as such the characteristics of artists listed in the article really interested me. More than any other was the first characteristic: the concept that artists are neophiles constantly searching for something new, a different way to express themselves and their ideas. I can attest to this claim personally. The ideas I have and wish to bring to life in my career are constantly changing. Eventually I branch off into the next idea or add on to the original, but either way, at some point the idea reaches a point where its not enough for me anymore. While I can dream of the day I bring it to life and people look at it in awe and amazement, I myself am unable to look at it in such a way as the story, the characters, the ideas have all been played out through my mind thousands of times.

The points made are all very much true but as I stated above, the first claim of artists hits home and is the point I personally say is the most true.

Part 2

My grit level from the test is 3. I have grit but not an abundance it would seem.

I could certainly increase my grit with some effort, which I would most likely need to push myself to achieve, but its most certainly doable. I am very focused on projects that suit my interest, however should I not be completely interested or invested in my work I will let it slide extremely easily. Even worse so is that I often mentally berate myself for my laziness while continuing to do nothing about it. With more effort put in on my part I can easily increase my grit and work ethic, which will allow me to achieve my dreams of bringing my ideas to life.

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