Top_Bug: Ringling is on my radar. I've always wondered, whats up with your avatar?
will: Yeah, the 'I'm an awesome art kid' thing could get annoying but I'm sure there are always gonna be plenty of cool people around anywhere.
I've been exposed to the non-college line of thought on art education: my main option it seems like are ateliers, but I'm not sure that would be right. If my scholarships are what I hope for, college may end up cheaper than other places I could be learning. Also, I am interested in connections, a show, and a design office job. I mean, I have the feeling I would prefer to have a bit of steadiness when it comes to employment, though its way to far out to really predict what I will want to do.
I'm not looking for the diploma, but I think the focused environment and possible connections/ support network will be good for the kind of life I'm thinking would be nice to live. If I got an awesome job offer from somewhere while I was still in college (just as an example)I would take it- I'm in it for the training and to get that job, at this stage in the art world the diploma is still very optional, I know.
Also, no central hub here, this is Indianapolis. Props to the place, nice area, but aint no Chicago.
I hope I can make it... Some days I am genuinely fearful of whether or not I'll ever make it doing anything, whether I have the skill or the creativity to continue to compete, whether I have the determination, whether I can get the scholarships I will need. Other days, I'm just real keyed up thinking, 'hell yeah I've got this all in the bag whats to stop me?'. I've known a lot of people who just struggle through their lives an never enjoy it, never have things work out right for them, I'm afraid sometimes no matter how hard I try that will happen to me too.
