I’ve been thinking a lot lately, (yeah, that’s new), about the future and where I want to be. It’s been bugging me lately, considering I have not turned in any college applications nor have I taken a test. I feel as if I have my owwn plans, but now I don’t know. I’ve been so caught up with the present that I haven’t prepared for the future too much. However, the present has given me ideas for what I might want to pursue in the future.
Photography, playing cello, and painting. They are three of my greatest passions. I’ve taken so many pictures with my cellphone, that have actually turned out nice, it has made me wonder,”What would happen if I had a real camera?” I want to take pictures that’ll make me or anyone around me feel something. Any kind of emotion would do, but what I want is a response. I want to know what they think about it; how does this photo affect you? (BTW, sorry for switching POV’s) Then, there’s playing an instrument, or rather my cello. It’s inspired me so much, I wouldn’t be able to end my explanation. It helps me understand how composers like Mozart, Haydn, or Bach were feeling when they were thinking about the music they’ve composed. I would want to pursue a career in orchestral music, but that would require me to discipline myself in diligently practicing and studying different techniques, so I could play the difficult pieces that have made them so famous. I would love to do that. Finally, there’s painting. I began painting in 11th Grade. I was never in a class that taught painting nor have I actually researched techniques. I just did it. It was something for me to do after school; it was an outlet for the emotions that I wanted to feel (some feelings I wanted to be let out; it felt very therapeutic). I could blend all the colors I wanted that could’ve symbolized what I felt. It felt good.
These are things that I’ve discovered for myself, but wouldn’t have been able to without my friends (very corny, i know, but it’s true).
Although, there are drawbacks to these sudden realizations of self. I haven’t turned in any college applications. . .at all. I don’t know how to tell my parents that I’m also taking a year off from furthering my education. It’s just something that I would like to do later.
For now,
I just want to find “me”.