Combo of the 5 Senses and Elements
This drawing is dedicated to all of my readers \^_~/ It's a rough draft of the five traditional senses combined with the five elements. I wanted to include the sixth sense of Intuition, and combine it with the air. Why the air? Well, intuition can't be seen but we can feel it, just like the air which cannot be seen but that we can feel when it blows. However, I haven't decided if I'll use the mind or the non-physical heart for it. What I mean is that love is represented by the heart, but love can't be seen, and there's a famous phrase that goes, "Follow your heart,"which means to follow our instincts. The same goes for the mind, we can see the brain but not the mind. Therefore, I'm still debating which one to choose. I adopted the Earth Eye design for the sense of sight, and I designed the rest of the senses according to the similarities that I saw with the other elements. This all happened by just playing around with the 5 senses and the 5 elements ^O^ LOL!!!
On Thursday we were watching a YouTube video, another motivational speech, but we didn’t finished watching it since class was almost over. When I saw that the video is an hr and 23 min’s long, I thought that we would be watching a movie, but I was surprised that it was a speech, waaay looonger than Elizabeth’s 19 min. talk •^_^• Nevertheless, it doesn’t matter how long a speech is as long as it keeps the audience interested. We watched over half of the video in class, but I started watching it again from the beginning at home on Friday night… that’s how interesting and meaningful it was for me. The speaker is Sir Ken Robinson, very funny man, and he talks about his book, “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything.” Once again, I invite you all to watch another inspirational talk ^_Ö ⎯☛ here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJAL21IE9fY.
What did I think about his speech? I enjoyed it so much that I’m purchasing his book… & hopefully I’ll see him around in Los Angeles to get his signature ✍ His speech helped me reflect and feel better about my educational life. I’m a month away to turning 26 years old, and the normal age to graduate from university is 24. I still have one more year left, which means I’ll be graduating at the age of 27… that means, I’ll be three years late /^0^\ Indeed, I’m at the age where I’m supposed to have a career already, but there’s a saying, “Things happen for a reason,” or like I say, “Situations are meant for a reason.” I’ve been in the education system for two decades, and I’m still not confident what I’m capable of. When Sir Ken mentioned that education needs to be transformed, because many people who attend school leave without discovering what they’re capable of, he says that it’s not their fault since the education wasn’t designed to meet their talents, and ONLY met certain types of talents. That was my experience during high school, especially when I was about to graduate. I didn’t know which subject to follow, and my academic counselor didn’t help me either. I was on my own. I didn’t applied to any colleges even though I had a 3.3 G.P.A. No one told me I had to apply a year before, and that I needed letters of recommendation. I was the first in my family to graduate from high school… I was completely clueless about the process for college applications ´´^o^`` I found out about it by some classmates, when the deadlines were far over. This is a serious situation. I was disappointed in my school and counselor for ruining my opportunity to attend a university. I even blamed myself for living under a rock. Therefore, I agree with Sir Ken’s purpose to transform education, so that other students can get the adequate help to advance with their education, and avoid many mistakes like with my personal experience ^_Ő/✌
I had a second opportunity. The Winter after my graduation I started going to East Los Angeles Community College (ELAC). I was there for over four years, exploring different subjects… but I still didn’t know what I really wanted to pursue. I graduated and obtained an Associate in Arts Degree in Liberal Arts. I then transferred to California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) in the Fall of 2009, with Japanese as my major. Japanese… I took two classes in 2006, so I didn’t remember much by the time I transferred ‘^,~\ Then I changed to Art in Animation, and from there to Graphic Design (G.D.). Why did I go to Graphic Design? I took Connie for her two classes: 2D Art Fundamentals, and Color Theory. The assignments were challenging and I did fair, but for the final concept ideas, she didn’t give me any feedback because she liked them as they were. For 2D she even told me that I was the only one, from the class, that she didn’t have to give any suggestions to improve my concept idea. For Color Theory, we didn’t need a concept idea, but I still came up with one. I’m not good at painting, so the finals were another story \^O^/ LOL!!! She’s also the Art Department’s Advisor, so when I consulted her about my concerns towards Animation, she told me that because she hasn’t seen my animated works she couldn’t say anything about it, but for what she’s seen… is that I have a strong graphical side. I wanted to give it a try and maybe this is where I’ll discover my talent(s). By the way, what is a talent? Sir Ken describes it as an element. He says that people achieve their best when they’re in their element, which is our natural capacity and aptitude, and where we feel comfortable. However, since it wasn’t easy to change from Animation to G.D., I took a class of each at the same time with the same professor, and that’s when I compared the difference between the two and felt more comfortable with G.D. I was also more interested in G.D. for the broader job opportunities, since I do worry how I’ll be supporting my family and myself in the near future. I also talked to some friends who were in Animation and changed to G.D. as well. My friend and former classmate, Andrew Lee, told me that I’m mostly into Illustration when I told him that I like to create my own stories but also my own characters, kind of like a graphic novelist and manga/comic book artist. I can’t draw professionally, so I’m not confident to go on this field… it’s not enough for me to just like it, but I need to have a talent for it. I think that taking a Storyboarding class last quarter helped me a lot as well. I liked it, based on all the amount of time that it took to draw and color every panel. If it’s what I’ll be pursuing, then I need to start drawing seriously. Sir Ken tells us that we need to look hard for our talent, for they are often very deep and obviously not on the surface… I feel like mine has been deep within the sea, but that I’ve been a strong scuba diver for not giving up in finding my element.
Golden Adjectives:
1. Talented: Naturally skilled; gifted in a specific area; strong in one of the five elements for educational and career purposes.
2. Comfortable: Confident; relaxed; free of pressure.
3. Disappointed: Negative emotions such as feeling sad and/or angry towards oneself, someone, a group of people, an institution(s) due to unfulfilling goals. Shattered dreams. Failure of high hopes.
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