Life through Art

Sometimes at around 9' o clock when I can no longer fight the urge to pick up a pencil and draw I stay up for hours creating an expression. Alot of the drawing I do is based on how I feel. The best work that I have ever made was the work thaT i needed to draw for myself. The drawing that helped clear my mind. I am not someone who sits down and draws something just because. Whenever I am seriously drawing something it is because I feel a connection between myself and my work. A big part of art to me is expression of the human experience. With every interaction with the world around us to relationships with ourselves we build on our experience as a human being. I find it very important to be observant and to pay attention to the things that are happening around me and how it has correlation with something else in the world.

I also enjoy creating an expression through different forms of art including poetry , dance, and music. I usually write poetry to empower or encourage myself to be active in my community or for purposes of dealing with complex emotions. Whenever I am dancing on my free time , I try to make an attempt a ballet or contemporary desperately trying to remember first through fifth position from the ballet class I took so many years ago. My music is always by my side , when I'm not listening to Drake , I'm listening to someone similar to him. I believe music is art because it is a way to express how one feels and art is all about expression.

What is your art?

Personal Statements - Class Related Response

As I dive into senior year I am starting to feel the pressure to get good grades and do a million in one things. As a student , an athlete and a sister I have a myriad of responsbilities that become overwhelming from time to time. All the things that I do inside and outside of school are not only for me but to be a role model to my sisters and brothers , a leader amongst my peers and proof that girls can also be student-athletes. But, to be completely honest , the plus side about being pulled in every direction is having alot to write about in my college essay. On the other hand that has made it hard for me to pick a moment in my life that has had such great impact on me that I would want that moment in time to reflect who I am to colleges.

Working on personal statements in my english class has opened my mind to all the different things I could write about. I was also amazed to hear some of the stories of my classmates. By listening to their stories and thinking about how their personal statement impacted me , I began to really narrow down those moments that I think will leave an impact on others. I always seem to have trouble with writing personal statements because I jump around from topic to topic and sometimes one story to next but with the help of my peers and college conselours I think I have come up with a fool-proof way to leave an impact , and write a great personal statement.

Step 1: Think about a time where you came to a realization that you would have never thought about before , maybe you've come to realize materialistic things don't matter to you anymore or that you really have a passion for egineering.

Step 2: Try to remember that moment or moments in which you came to that realization. How did it make you feel? What did this realization change in your life? Why was this important to you?

Step 3: Draft it out!
Just let your ideas go and flow onto the page. Once you give yourself the oppurtunity to write without really thinking about whats coming next you might find that what you write really capture your voice which is what colleges want to hear.

Step 4: After you've written a lengthy draft , go back and take apart what you wrote . Seperating what moments you want to include in your final draft from the ideas that maybe aren't so important in conveying your message or point.

Step 5: Get serious
Now is the time to really sit down with your revised draft and make sure it fits the criteria or what colleges want. You may want to seek opinions from different counselours , peers nd teachers for this step in order to ensure that your grammar , spelling and orgnization is up to par

Step 6: Re-read your paper and make sure you love it!

**If you still find yourself stuck on step 1 try talking to your friends , teachers or any adult figures who know you about a time where they felt you changed in any way. Talking about the change that happens in your life can be a good starting poimt for a conversation and finding an interesting and defining moment in your life that colleges are looking for.

I hope that this guide can help anyone who is just as lost as me when it comes to writing personal statements.