The Journey of a Modern Nomad: The Pressure Is On.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Pressure Is On.

Why is it when you have all the time in the world, you become road blocked? But when you have a solid hour to do way more than you can, you become inspired. It's crazy! So I just applied to the Art Center College Of Design and I have to say, my essay answers were damn good...I hope. But I'm also applying to the Brooks Institute. I didn't fill out my application for Brooks yet though because I'm not too sure which concentration I want. They have so many amazing programs to choose from. Right now I've narrowed it down to Portraiture or Photo Media. Portraiture would be good because I love people and I would love to learn every aspect of taking portraits. But Photo Media would be good because I love learning about digital post-production and it covers photography, film, and the computer. So i'd get to learn all aspects which would be amazing. Job wise I have no idea which one would be better. But my friend gave me the advice to worry about the job later. Go to school for what I want and then find a job with the skills I have. But I still have no idea which one to pick. So I have to set up meetings with both schools. So hopefully I hear from them soon and I can stop worrying about school so much. I'm obsessing over it and I know it's going to drive me mad.

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Scott MilesFebruary 15, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Hello,

Your friend gave good advice - "Go to school for what I want and then find a job with the skills I have." One of the great things about a college education is that you can enter the school with an open mind and explore all the different areas of photography that interest you. Your passion will become apparent as you work in different areas and you will be able to determine what specialty to enter after completing the foundation coursework.

If you want more information on concentrations at Brooks Institute, email me at smiles at brooks.edu (use the @ sign) I am the Professional Photography Program Director.

Scott Miles
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The mission: to complete all 101 things in 1001 days.
Start date: 3/18/12
End date: 12/14/14

~~Line = Done!!!~~
Bold = Working on it currently.

1. I will loose 50 lbs.
2. I will not lie to myself.
3. Post a blog as much as possible to keep you all posted on my progress if nothing else.
4. Stop feeling guilty about people caring about me. They are allowed to.
5. Get lost often.....you have to keep life interesting.
6. Do something for someone else as much as possible. I'm pretty well off compared to most and doing something for someone can be so simple. The smallest things can mean the world to some people.
7. Buy books to inspire me and enhance of knowledge about life and love.
8. Fall in love with something or someone.
9. Carry a book of quotes and write one on a piece of paper and place it on every bulletin board I see.
10. ~~Get an internship at either a photo studio or a newspaper/magazine. I need to start focusing and get going if I want to end up somewhere good in the photography industry.~~
11. Go on a road trip which isn’t planned for a week.
12. Go on a planned road trip.
13. Dance in the moonlight to Dancing in the Moonlight.
14. Dance in the rain.
15. Put a photo show together.
16. Send a message in a bottle.
17. Find the perfect tree. By which I mean, find the tree that puts all other tree’s to shame. There’s a tree out there that would amaze anyone whose looking for it. I will find that perfect tree.
18. Plant a tree in honor of someone great.
19. Stay up for 24 hours talking to someone I just met.
20. Inspire someone.
21. Write my initials on all my $5 bills.
22. Become pen pals with someone awesome.
23. Borrow a book from the public library more and more often.
24. Watch all the Godfather movies. For years now I’ve been saying that I would watch them. (2 out of 3 complete)
25. Watch 25 never-seen-by-me movies from top 250 imdb movie list.
26. Learn the harmonica. I've started but I can only play the blues...by learn I mean i want to be able to rock out on the thing, not just get by.
27. Learn more about my heritage. My mom went on a search to find her birth mom and found a huge family in the process. Turns out she’s Chippewa and therefore so am I. I'm going to focus on learning what that means. I want to understand more about what my family members believe.
28. Try and visit as many art galleries and museums as possible. Seeing what other people have done is amazing.
29. Expand my vocabulary and give 100,000 grains of rice with http://www.freerice.com/.
30. Make 25 of my own recipes.
31. Make a soundtrack to my life.
32. Try Hot Yoga.
33. Put change in other peoples parking meters when their meter is expired but no one is in sight.
34. Learn how to play poker properly.
35. Watch An Inconvenient Truth.
36. Send a postcard to Post Secret.
37. Join Postcrossing and send 50 post cards.
38. Go to an Opera.
39. Ride a Mechanical Bull.
40. Have someone read my palm.
41. Sell something on Etsy.
42. Buy a fisheye lens.
43. Buy a 70-200 lens.
44. Learn how to whistle properly.
45. Read a newspaper from the day I was born.
46. Compile a personal top 25 movie list.
47. Recount 3 dreams through an art project.
48. Photograph a scar and write about it.
49. Watch Samson and Delilah.
50. Learn to write my name in Egyptian hieroglyphics.
51. Sleep under the stars one night, under the open sky.
52. Be able to identify at least 5 constellations.
53. Go to the TCM festival.
54. Be in a relationship that I am fully committed to. I will open up and be completely honest and give it everything I have.
55. Re-learn how to play the guitar.
56. Read Anna Karenina.
57. Get another tattoo.....possibly 2 more.
58. Photograph a lightning storm.
59. Finally go on the europe trip my sister and I planned a few years back.
60. See the Northern Lights.
61. Graduate from Brooks Institute.
62. ~~Move to Los Angeles.~~
63. Buy a 5D Mark ll
64. Redo my website and make it professional.
65. Create a self portrait that embodies who I am at this point in my life.
66. Visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
67. Write a short story.
68. Submit short story to a publication.
69. Hit the bullseye on a dart board.
70. Take a class by Richard Simmons.
71. Read The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.
72. Paint something beautiful.
73. Go horseback riding on the beach.
74. Try to learn French again.
75. Go to Nashville.
76. Visit Krista and meet her wonderful daughter.
77. Visit my parents in Malaysia.
78. ~~Take the train.~~
79. Go to the Los Angeles Zoo.
80. See all of the shows at the LA Observatory. (2 out 4 complete)
81. Be in 4 places at once. (4 corners of the US?)
82. Visit Hearst Castle.
83. Either create a studio or move into one.
84. Go to a roller derby event.
85. Go to Sprinkles Cupcakes.
86. Go to a taping of Ellen DeGeneres.
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101. Finnish this list.

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