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Artistic, musical, creative, and entertaining topics in Journal's workplace sphere.
My Journey
"Chase your dream." That always sounded like a good idea when I heard it in inspirational movies or telling it to other people. But now that it's my turn, its daunting. However, I am determined. If I'm gonna do this I have to give it all that I've got.
By Maranda Couture8 years ago in Journal
Tattoos and the Workplace: Where Did the Taboo Come From?
I might be overstepping a line somewhere, but I’m going to go ahead and write this anyways. I should probably preface that I do not have any tattoos myself, but I find this an interesting discussion that should be addressed a bit better than it has been in the past.
By Delilah Jayde8 years ago in Journal
Starving Artist Musings
I remember my senior year of high school vividly. It was a ruthless quest on my part for an untarnished GPA and a podium speech that would surely find itself woven into a Rom-Com screenplay one day. Most important of all was having an answer to the perpetual question, "Where are you going to college?" I'd almost be better off saying "I haven't decided yet" than rattling off an unknown institution. I'm fairly certain I chose my first university (yes, I said "first") purely based on my need for the approval of my elders, teachers, and peers.
By Candace Neal8 years ago in Journal
Modern Ballerina/Teenager
My mother could not understand what was happening to me one summer afternoon as she passed through the living room to discover her seven year old daughter sitting on the couch with tears streaming down her face, solemnly gazing at the television. Suddenly noticing that I seemed very upset, she quickly came to my side to console me and to discover why I was randomly crying all alone in the living room, instead of outside pretending I was a fairy in the garden like I normally would have been doing. “Sofia! What’s wrong!” She asked, very concerned, setting down her laundry basket and cleaning supplies. Through tears I tried to explain to her how moved I was, watching this documentary that happened to be playing on television that talked about the lives of ballet dancers, and all of the sacrifices that had to be made for them to pursue their craft. I felt so touched to be witnessing such a level of discipline taking the form of sheer beauty, when transfused with breathtaking music and time-stopping dance sequences. My mother was shocked and slightly haunted that her normally happy, carefree daughter was literally brought to tears watching a program about ballet. Nevertheless, this moment influenced her to pick up the phone several days later to sign me up for ballet classes in the fall, thus beginning the eleven year odyssey which has henceforth been my life.
By Sofia Bianchi8 years ago in Journal
Discovering My Love for Writing
You're probably wondering what this article means to you. This article is the start of something new for me and it wouldn't be right to start it off this way. If you're reading this, you're probably still thinking about... what's something you love to do, something you're passionate about. The thought process of something like this is often slow and it takes a while to grab a whole of it. We're always told "do what you love..." but, what about the people that do negative things on the daily and think that's something their passionate about? Would you still say that to them? "Do what you love..." Doing something we're passionate about is the very start of everything and how everything plays out in our lives.
By Chasity Williams8 years ago in Journal
9 Rules for Being an Artist
Follow these nine rules. 1. Embrace what makes you unique. Everyone has their own special form of creativity. Channeling yours and owning it will make you stand out—which will make you successful. Original art is good art. It is not enough that you have the skill to produce something intriguing to the eye or ears or tongue or whatever, to be an artist you have to be able to create from nothing. Make something out of nothing, and your creativity will make it beautiful.
By Stacy Taft8 years ago in Journal
Acts of Faith
When I was a young, would-be writer and artist, like most others around me with the same aspirations, I thought success and achievement came from having talent and perspective. Wanting to be novelists and poets, painters and musicians, dancers and filmmakers, we worshiped talent in others and doubted it in ourselves. We saw the affectations of attitude and pretension in others and embraced those like a faith. We thought if we could find the talent and act the part, success would naturally follow.
By Alexis D. Smolensk8 years ago in Journal
Letting Go of Being Let Go.
When I was five, I had learned that I had a love for art. I would draw every chance I could get. It was just a passion I held at that early age. Cartoons, obviously, were an influence at the time. As I've grown older I've only gotten even better. Even though I no longer have a career in drawing like I had always dreamt I would, I did have the opportunity to work with an independent multi-media company. This company was reaching popularity because the man that had founded it was cunning and intelligent. Despite coming off as independent, he was actually quite kind and helpful. At least I had thought so.
By Quality Concepts8 years ago in Journal
