DETACHED
LIKE MANY OTHERS, I HAVE HAD THINGS PLANNED OUT FROM HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE. THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADVISORS, COUNSELORS, AND PROFESSORS TO GIVE ADVICE AND TELL ME WHICH MOVES TO MAKE. ALTHOUGH THINGS DID NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN AS PREDICTED, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN UNDERLYING SENSE OF SECURITY. HOWEVER, WITH THE END IN SIGHT, THE UNCERTAINTY OF “REAL” LIFE STARTS TO SET IN. AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, ON THE LINE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND CAREER, THE ANXIETY OF HAVING TO GO IT ALONE IS HARD TO IGNORE. THERE IS A FEAR OF ISOLATION AS FRIENDS MOVE AWAY AND AS MORE AND MORE TIME IS SPENT WORKING, WATCHING TV, AND STARING AT A COMPUTER SCREEN. THE DETACHED AND SEDENTARY WAY OF LIFE THAT IS CONSIDERED NORMAL MAKES IT EASY TO BE CYNICAL ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THOSE AT THIS POINT IN THEIR LIVES. DO I PLAY IT SAFE AND OPEN STUDIO TO END UP TAKING CATALOG PHOTOS MY WHOLE LIFE, OR WILL I BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND BECOME A FAMOUS ARTIST OR MUSICIAN? I COULD DO ANYTHING… MAYBE MOVE TO NEW YORK OR TRAVEL THROUGH EUROPE. OR WILL I MOVE INTO A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, AND END UP A MIDDLE-ADGED DEPRESSED WORKAHOLIC LIKE SO MANY OTHER AMERICANS?
STATEMENT
2008
