I don't understand why I can't just follow my dreams. I know what I want to be when I get out of school, but everyone is telling me I shouldn't. Or that it won't work. Or that it won't pay enough. I want to draw. Is that such a bad thing? I know what I want to do, I know what I want to learn, and I know what I will learn but won't at the current school I'm attending. I say I would rather take a choir class than the visual art class. I say I would rather focus at the school, in the choir class than the visual art class. And instead of telling me to do what I feel I should do, they ask me why. I don't know! I just do! I want to take a step outside the small box that I have. No one will let me though. The visual art class won't cut it for me. It isn't teaching the things I want to learn. It's teaching things I've already learned. I know who to use my hands. I enjoy working with clay, but that's not what I want to learn how to do! I want to learn how to draw my surroundings. I want to be able to draw trees. To do what I want to do, I need to be able to draw backgrounds. I can't find anyone to do that. I can draw cartoony backgrounds. I want to draw impressive backgrounds, that will support the other things I draw. I know exactly what I want to learn, but at the moment, no way to learn it.
this is frustrating. stare
Why do people question what you feel is your calling? Can't they just be supportive?
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It's kinda like, if you find the one thing you want to do for the rest of your life it becomes less of a job and more of a thing you just love doing!
You excel in it because you love doing it so much, it's not a job, it's more than that.
Right now you seem pretty steadfast on a drawing career of some kind, and I know it's frustrating to have to listen to someone try to convince you to "stay within the box".
I can see where your parents/whoever is coming from though. They're just trying to look out for you because, like you said, drawing doesn't really come with a steady paycheck.
I guess an example of my own is my family. Almost everyone is a nurse of some sort or in the medical field or Military. They're there because being a nurse pays and it's kinda like a predestined course. You have to be a nurse/doctor. I don't wanna be a nurse! ..frankly I'd probably faint at the sight of my own blood, LET alone someone else's! LOL xD;;
*righteous defiance*
I'M GOING TO BUSINESS SCHOOL! xD
Anyways, I think you should do what you think is right for you AND at the same time try to bear other's suggestions and pushing. You got a while to think and decide, no rush. UNLESS Jesus comes back soon! ..I so want to burn some of my text books too. Hehe.
P.S.
Oh, and.. I SUPPORT YOU! ;D