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Art schools are seldom run by creative minds
I am very sorry to hear about your expulsion. I feel it was unjustified as the situation has been reported in your post. I know this is cold comfort - but it is not the end of the world. I have attended three, yes three, different art schools.
In my situation it was me finding the right place for artistic growth. I found something along the way - in whatever school you attend it is the investment that reaps the outcome, whatever the school. There's the completion of assignments, reading of chapters etc, but it is how the individual artist interprets these things - what he or she creates out of them both in school and out of it - that makes for a successful artist.
I have known so many graphic designers that cannot draw. This has always offended me. Sure, they can get pretty cushy jobs, but I'm the one who's called in to clean-up after some of them when it takes creativity that cannot be fudged in Photoshop or plucked from someone else's clip art. That's a feeling of real contribution, inspired by assignments and external sources, but cultivated personally.
I also know that creative people see things differently. We can often be a demonstrative and passionate lot. That tends to make others uncomfortable. Therefore caution (rather than censorship) should be employed when necessary. Discovering when these times are can be a challenge because as stated, the creative mind often sees things differently. I have learned this hard lesson in my own situations. It bites. It really, really does!
Good luck and may this end up being a minor footnote, if not an anecdote, in your artistic career. May it ultimately fuel something you make that could inspire others!
As for women, well I can't be much help for you in that category. I have found that two artistic types in a relationship can be volatile. Beyond that, again, good luck!
I am very sorry to hear about your expulsion. I feel it was unjustified as the situation has been reported in your post. I know this is cold comfort - but it is not the end of the world. I have attended three, yes three, different art schools. In my situation it was me finding the right place for artistic growth. I found something along the way - in whatever school you attend it is the investment that reaps the outcome, whatever the school. There's the completion of assignments, reading of chapters etc, but it is how the individual artist interprets these things - what he or she creates out of them both in school and out of it - that makes for a successful artist.
I have known so many graphic designers that cannot draw. This has always offended me. Sure, they can get pretty cushy jobs, but I'm the one who's called in to clean-up after some of them when it takes creativity that cannot be fudged in Photoshop or plucked from someone else's clip art. That's a feeling of real contribution, inspired by assignments and external sources, but cultivated personally.
I also know that creative people see things differently. We can often be a demonstrative and passionate lot. That tends to make others uncomfortable. Therefore caution (rather than censorship) should be employed when necessary. Discovering when these times are can be a challenge because as stated, the creative mind often sees things differently. I have learned this hard lesson in my own situations. It bites. It really, really does!
Good luck and may this end up being a minor footnote, if not an anecdote, in your artistic career. May it ultimately fuel something you make that could inspire others!
As for women, well I can't be much help for you in that category. I have found that two artistic types in a relationship can be volatile. Beyond that, again, good luck!
