Friday, January 28, 2011

"Conflicted Scholar"

When I read Ken Steele's categories I felt that there were not enough grey areas--> It is as if he is sorting us into a children's toy. 





---When I evaluated my reasons for attending college my wonky shape did not sort into any of the inputs he designed. I am not the flawless star cut out of a "scholar" or the square format of  the "careerists". The circle space of the "drifter", and the "triangle" of the conflicted could not be filled by me either. 

But I guess of all Ken Steele's terms I am closest to a combination of the "conflicted" and the "scholar." I am here to learn, to take part, and experience; but I am also clueless of where I will end up, of what shape I will form in the end. I have a bit of a direction though---> I know I am drawing myself into the art world. Attempting to mold myself into the shape of that path, and people. 
And Honestly,  Sometimes I guess I do feel like I am a drifter! I'm not ready to chose yet--> and I know I have a lot of responsibilities left to face, a lot of growing up to do.

Overall Mr. Steele, I'm a different shape--one still waiting to be cut out. 
>> And maybe that is the problem with college students today--the pressure to be cast into a certain mold, to equivalently form to the spaces we want to fit into. When really, we should be creating an architecture off our own. 

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