Expression - my most difficult subject. Anyone can express how they feel, but can everyone express how they feel effectively and persuade others to have empathy with them? Definitely not. I can't do it, let alone know where to take it. This is my effort, no, this is my resolve: I will immerse myself into the world of expression; art majorly.
Who the hell am I? My name is Jonathan Chang. I grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in January of 2010. Ever since the day I stepped foot onto the mainland, I've taken the form of a student. A student - a naive, uncertain, confused child not ready for the real world. That's exactly what I am, and what I believe every student should come into college as.
As a kid, I was constantly told to focus on what I'm good at and get good grades. It was parsimonious: Do what I'm good at and get a job accordingly. I hated the system that Alexander the Great created. Liberal Arts education? No. Figure out what you want to do, go to a trade school and learn it. That's it, simple. BUT, I want to become a leader. A leader needs to go through this dreaded system of education. There are two things I've avoided learning in my entire life: Science and Art.
Biology, Geology, Chemistry, and etc. are all things I hated learning about. As to why: I hate learning about things that require me to learn a whole new set of vocabulary. With my major, Communication Studies, I learn theories and models that I can relate to easily and I can understand them a lot easier than understanding theories and models of Nutrition or any other science. My insolence has negatively affected me by deactivating my expressive, artistic side. While a lot of kids run around in their youth looking to world artistically, I grew up very plain and simple. My look at the world today has changed a little, but it still looks pretty clear cut to me. It wasn't until a friend of mine introduced me to the concept of art that I finally figured out what's missing in my life.
Guide me art. I don't understand you at all. I looked to you as if you as a commodity, and not as an accessory that can be wielded to instill power in others as well as myself. Become the water to my roots and give my life... a life. Wave your brush upon my plain white t and transform me. I need you in my life, you are necessary for me to live. Without you, I am nothing. This blog's purpose is to discover what I am missing in life. What answers have I not come up with yet? As I come across them, I will write about them. See you in the future.
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