education

03 Tech Trap

00:21.9 I guess it started out quite open, so I’m just going to draw… a square with an open bit. ‘Cause… it seemed a bit more diverse, even when I took a foundation course. But now I think I’m a bit more confused about it. So I’ll draw a little square. It’s quite closed now… ‘Cause I guess I’m a bit confused as where I fit… in the design world. 02:35.3 I think I’ve always seen myself as maybe not a graphic designer because of how… graphic design now has changed into, like, computers and stuff… I can’t see myself being that type of person… all the time. I know that that’s a tool to that. But I think this is more focused on… you have to, so you work with a computer. 03:45.0 I can use a computer for it, like, alright. But it doesn’t inspire me at… all. I just feel like… I suppose anyone can use a computer, learn to use a computer.

04:02.0 I think it’s all about what’s…what’s in your brain, I guess. I think that’s the most important thing, but people don’t seem to think that that’s the most important thing. Under the whole graphic design thing, this is what needs to be focused on… under the… rainbow: this is the thing that’s the most exciting thing. 05:20.7 [It’s affected] my confidence. That all stems from what I’ve known or seen so far about the computer. It’s kind of closed me off a little bit, I guess. Almost like I’m trapped in being; thinking outside of this one thing. Even though it should be what sets me apart… a cage… Out of my class, there’s only a number of us that can actually draw well… I’m definitely a lot more competent in my drawing skills, which I know can set me apart… It’s just having the confidence to go ahead and do it. And that’s what I enjoy most is getting across ideas through my ability to be able to draw.

21:27.1 I choose graphics, just because I want to be able to get that message out to people in a way that they’d understand, but still have… freedom… And I guess that’s what I pictured, anyway, before. 21:59.5 [Foundation course] contained me, which is what I needed, I think. But it’s kind of suppressed me as well. I still had that freedom to be able to like, express myself… not confined… Whereas now, I guess this is me being stuck… it’s crushed me, I guess.