What is your purpose?

My purpose in life is to make people think with my art and to teach them how to express themselves through art.


What do you love, and how do (or will) your actions demonstrate this?

I chose to attend art school instead of traditional school because I have always been in love with art and expressing myself, I have been writing, taking pictures, and designing for as long as I can remember. I would love it if my future path involved taking pictures, I want to really show who people are through the images I take of them the way Jim Goldberg did with a lifetime of amazing work that drew peoples attention to actual societal issues. I want to show people a message about themselves or the world through the emotional impact that my images might have on them. I want to teach people about how their self esteem is important through a project I am working on now which I hope to maybe create something similar to the Dove Real Beauty Exhibit (http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/flat3.asp?id=4134#). I Also hope that someday my education will bring me to a job in teaching photography, I can never get enough of all the information that is supplied to me at school and I know I would be happy imparting the same knowledge to others. All of my art teachers in the past have made an impact in my life and with their knowledge so to make my contribution by teaching and helping others grow the way these art teachers helped me while being able to shoot my own work and show in galleries would be the best kind of life.


What do you love, and how do (or will) your actions demonstrate this?

If I could be paid to just live I would spend my days doing what I love most, taking pictures and showing other people about photography. My biggest fascination with photography has been the psychology behind how the visual image affects us emotionally; I could spend years researching this. Research can only get you so far though and the best way to learn is through practice, that’s why I would open a center or camp where children and mentally disabled children could come and I could teach them about the arts and photography because to see their reactions to photographs and to see what their minds create would do three kinds of good. The first would be that the children could express themselves and heal through art therapy, second I could do research that could help me create a visually empowering exhibit and possibly write a book, and third, I would be happier than ever. I know this because I have a 4 year old goddaughter named Loralie who has ODD which means she can get violent and angry, I have spent a lot of time with her and the little projects we do together help her calm down and focus her energy on something creative. Whenever we create something and I see her big smile and the pride of her cooperation towards a goal I have never felt happier and hope to feel that feeling every day.