So! I apparently no longer have time for art, since college applications have descended on me like the plague. Now that I’m applying to a few art schools, I really wish I had completed more pieces this year! It’s odd how I can feel like I’m always doing art projects, yet I feel like none of them are good enough to put in a portfolio.

I’m applying to quite a few colleges, but the only art ones are SCAD, MICA, and KCAI. I’m really lost on how to pick schools. To me, they all look a little the same, so I basically just picked the ones with the coolest programs. Help?

The real problem is, I don’t know what I want to be when I graduate. I want to be a writer (studying screenwriting/creative writing), or an artist (photography/animation), or a film-maker (cinematography). In a world that made sense, I could do all three. Writing is the one I want to do the most, yet has the least job security. Both animation and cinematography are extremely low paying, but as least I could probably get a steady job after college. I know I shouldn’t be thinking in terms of money, but I don’t want to study writing just to find out later that I can’t publish anything to pay the bills. It seems like a lot of pressure.

Fiddlesticks. Well, that’s why I’m rarely on Deviantart anymore, I’m applying to every college that might give me a scholarship. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS! Time, where hath thou gone??