Undergraduate / Where words or actions are not able to produce. Parsons The New School Artist Statement revision. [5]

What do you make, how do you make it, and why do you make? Ultimately, where do you visualize your creative abilities and academic study to take you after your education here at Parsons? (Maximum 500 words.)

Hi, id like to receive any opinions about this essay, id specially like to know any impressions or concerns about how the essay might come across as to the admissions team. this is a school i really want to get into so i might have tried too hard and now I'm worried that my essay might give a wrong impression to the admissions committee.

"What do you make, how do you make it, and why do you make? Ultimately, where do you visualize your creative abilities and academic study to take you after your education here at Parsons? (Maximum 500 words.)"

There are things neither words nor actions are able to produce. Art shows a visual elegance that's otherwise impossible to recreate by our own eyes. This is from where my ambition to understand art eradicates.

My artworks often aim for a visual representation of past experiences and my current emotions. I see the world with vibrancy and alertness, grasping snippets of the colorful reality that surrounds me. Whatever I observe that resonates to me I store it in my head. As I keep collecting moments, I find my mind blending and distorting them with other experiences. Incapable of keeping a hold of it all, I seek drawing and paintings to record and illustrate my mind's side effects on my observations. Likewise I resort to art in times of turmoil as it often brings tranquility and comfort to my everyday life.

I have grown an appeal for a variety of media like oil watercolor and charcoal. Charcoal is my primary go to. When not drawing in charcoal, I turn to oils to bring the sense of control and certainty that speaks to my character. Opposing that is watercolor's unpredictability to detach myself from my drive for perfectionism, as it can often become a vice. Swapping and integrating the media I work on into one another, as well as discovering new techniques and the history behind them often fascinates me.

Equally fascinating to me is the human body, as well as its relationship with uncanny events. The continuous push and pull between the true and the surreal has always inspired me. I draw from the ideal that a subject is always interacting and transitioning unconsciously towards unordinary things.

Although my resolve has always driven me, there's only so much I can learn and achieve on my own. The mere lack of proper guidance has halted my ability to do better. When drawing or painting I feel as if my work never truly portrays what my mind desires to convey. It seems as if I'm wandering aimlessly with no control over the outcome. Albeit truly discouraging at times, this only pushes me further into wanting to improve my skills and attain the results I'm truly looking for.

I sincerely believe that Parsons can provide me with the guidance to fully extend my potential and harness my creativity. A homelike sensation emanated from it on each of my visits. The more I researched about it, the more it strengthened my desire to begin my new academic journey alongside it. Although I am keen on learning various types of creative fields of study, I am drawn towards illustration. I know The New School can introduce me to the set of skills necessary to excel at the subject field, and once I complete my education there I can use my acquired knowledge to contribute my ideas to the discipline. I know I can be better with the right hand to guide me through. I am confident that this school is it.