POST 2 : WHY DID I CHOOSE MY MAJOR

 The first thing I remember wanting to do as a child was be a translator, like my mother, and I remember telling her. The first thing she did was grab me by the shoulders and say, “No, you don’t want that, and I don’t want you to stay behind a desk the rest of your life, you see my love I don’t think you belong there”. That was when I started thinking about what I like and what I would be good at. When I was in elementary school one day the teacher gave us a survey to fill out. It was basically a paper full of questions about how we see ourselves in the future. Back then I remember answering that I wanted to be a singer and travel to Egypt on an air balloon, I also made a drawing of myself, diving in the sea, because I was really into Jacques Cousteau. I was so interested that at first I was really thinking about studying biology, specifically marine biology. You are probably thinking, why this character was such an influence for me and what I wanted to be in life. As I told you in the first essay, in school the only thing I liked to do, even during recess was drawing, and Jacque Cousteau is someone who drew his work. I have never really seen his illustrations but in my mind I will always have this image of an old man standing in front of a submarine window, just observing the ocean and behind him a metallic wall full of papers with all kinds of interesting creatures that he had actually seen (in this point in my life I was totally unaware of the study of arts). So I realized, that this was what I wanted to do with my life, I wanted to know how to appreciate, not just see but really look into it, and little by little comprehend what I have in front of me, even if I am not entirely sure, but at least try to have understand. 

At the end I decided to go with visual arts studies, and I don’t regret my choice. On the contrary I am really happy and I like talking about an artists' work and knowing how to describe specific elements and concepts. To be honest, I don’t like talking with people. it’s really hard for me to express my thoughts. Unfortunately, there are a lot of things that I won't be able to learn in university and that is disappointing. l want to develop my skills in metal works or wood carving but the university closed those workshops when the teacher retired instead of looking for a new replacement.