Art with a Capital A

{Taking a break from studying for finals}

Art for me is a different world that I have not yet reconciled with.

Art is an emotional state where I am alone, by myself.

Art is something I can't really write about, yet somehow people see it.

Art is the label that people put on me, and the label I put on myself; however, the two seem really different.

Art is when I look at art.

Art describes communication, music, crafts, and statements.

Art is a manifestation of thoughts, feelings, and desires.

Art is intentionla typo.

Art is something that I idolized. 

Art is where my ambitions are.

Art is when people ask if I am an Art major.

Art is when I think about whether or not it would be different if I chose to go to an art school my senior year in high school.

Art is when I need to take a break.

Art is what Brett Walker taught me the past summer, about his beard and apple-eating.

I don't know how I can live without art, whatever art is. One thing I know: without art, I would have gone crazy four years ago, when I decided to leave Taiwan for the United States. It's almost like talking about God. 

I don't know God, yet He knows me.
I don't know art, yet art knows me. 

That's why I said I idolize art. 

One person who inspired me greatly was Reed Easley. She was my metal-smithing teacher in high school. I like her genuine character. I like how she dedicates her life to art. I also appreciate how she mentored me during the time I stayed in the metal shop everyday after school. That metal shop was like a home to me. Filled with thoughts, stories, and people who are opinionated and persistent.

I love art, whatever it is.

I have changed so much after a year spent at Berkeley. Beliefs, moral values, and ambitions. You name it.

I want to become a mentor, in whatever form or medium. I want to tell someone to embrace his/her art, whatever that is. I want to tell that person

"Whatever art is, it is one of the few things that have remained the same throughout my whole life; it is something that I continue to appreciate and pursue."

I am sane now. Time to go back to studying.