Gerardina Shields
I am a young aspiring artist hoping to make something of herself through the various opportunities given to us today, the internet being one of those.
I fell in love with art at a very young age, there would always be doodles on my handout sheets in elementary school, and even in high school. When people in my class couldn't draw something i taught them how to. There was one show that start this all. It was a show named "Escaflowne". I found myself completely in love with Japanese culture. I had even started to take lessons to learn Japanese hoping that one day i would be able to visit the place that i feel like i belong. When i went into high school many people had changed my views on this dream. Hearing that it would be difficult to live in japan because i was not Japanese, but learning that it would be even harder because i was not Caucasian American. After hearing that i hit a huge art block. The last two years i spent in high school my passion decreased for art, my art teacher had noticed. I have taken some time off of school to try and find myself again, and i have found that my passion has come back to me when i left all of the negative people behind. Trying to achieve your dream is like being with someone you love. You work through it when things get rough. It completes you, without it you feel empty. As long as you are sure about your feelings and what you want you never give up and keep going until you have achieved your desires. |