Time, Craft & Culture

Time is slipping away from me, and it's a very good thing.

Film school started yesterday, and the unexpected success of all of my classes made me realize that A. I am going to have very little time on my hands for secondary projects and B. I am going to have major responsibility to get straight A's, with no excuses to cop out. (the class is boring, hate the teacher, etc.)

Culture!

Wow, San Francisco, you are definitely not the valley. All of my education in the Junior College system of Chico and Sacramento has failed miserably. Lack of culture...lack of ideas...lack of talent...lack of passion...of course there were a few roses from the concrete, but generally I quit all of my classes immediately.

How surprised I was to find all of my classes in SF full of stylish, intelligent, original people with varying cultures from around the world, with teachers that are both passionate, active & talented in their craft. Luckily I was able to add all 4 classes, (just barely) so it appears that film school destiny has arrived!

More about school later, these pictures are from a beautiful show I went to today in the Academy of Art building on New Montgomery. The jolly fat white man was my favorite, in my opinion the painting was rendered perfectly, from a craft point of view. Very inspiring.

Time. Back to time. With 3 days spent on work (ugg, and I still haven't found a job. I find it somewhat humiliating that I have to beg them to give me a minimum wage for the "right" to do shitty work 24 hours a week) 2 days spent at school, I have 2 days left. 2 days. 1 day most likely left for homework, which leaves one day for everything else.

I'm happy with this because it's going to force me to define my creative priorities & discover what I love to do and miss doing when there is essentially no time left, and I won't be able to get back to it for several days.

I am feeling optimistic & hopeful, generally, even with resources (money) and free time dwindling. Everything will connect. I'm enjoying my artistic recovery & can only develop positively from here. :)