Obsession

So I graduated. I believe I mentioned this before. At the end of the semester (a scant three weeks ago) I was dying to continue serigraphy. I was searching for a way to continue my work, either somehow rigging up a studio in my apartment (yea, likely) or pulling money out my rear to take a summer class. Well, the VA forced me to continue the student route so I'm taking a summer print class. I was excited.

I am excited.

That being said, the class is starting on Monday. I'm nervous now. The desire to do serigraphy hasn't left me. I'm just slightly unsure about what I want to work on now. It matters in a completely different sense now. I don't need the credits to graduate. I have graduated. I am just doing it to work on my process. Now, though, I want to establish some kind of a body of work. I want to apply to the Pacific Northwest College of Art, mostly just to see if I can get in. I really can't afford to go there. But I want to know if I am good enough. Is that strange?

I'm trying to see if I can actually establish myself as an artist, in the traditional sense. I'm not exactly good at drawing; though, admittedly, I haven't exactly tried to be one. I've just made art to keep my sanity, for fun. But in this past semester, I believe I have found a medium that actually suits me.

I am in love with serigraphy. Seriously. If I could, I honestly think I'd marry it.

It's weird to think that I don't have to do homework anymore. I mean, not if I don't want to. But here I am, trying my hardest to get back into school. I won't say any kind of school-I've done the liberal arts thing. Not that it's not my cup of tea, I just think I might be ready for a more specialized route (hence the baking and pastry/art school business). That prospect also terrifies me.


How do people make a living these days anyway?