Had my first music class today, and i gotta say, our teacher is fantastic. He is a highly competent musician, a great singer (sings while playing the piano, NOT AN EASY THING TO DO), a good teacher, and an overall very likable fellow who clearly enjoys what he's doing. I'm not a gifted singer or musician at all (in fact i need to find a better singing voice because this is strenuous for my vocal chords), but man, i think i'm going to like this class, it's so chill. c:
Curiously enough, the class about creativity isn't really striking a chord (HAR DI HAR, MOTHERFUCKERS) with me. We even had about drawing today, but it just felt like a giant clusterfuck. The whole point of it is to stop worrying about right and wrong, and instead just let your creativity flow like delicious honey from a busted beehive. I found it stressful to do so many small things; to me, even if i'm impatient, art requires time, and it pains me to leave a drawing unfinished in the middle of a phase. I much prefer abandoning a sketch on my own instead of being forced to by an arbitrary time limit. I guess my problem is that drawing is basically the only time of the day where my mind actually slows down and stops worrying about time limits, so you can see how TURBOSKETCHINGWITHTIMELIMIT doesn't mesh very well with that. That besides, trying to be creative on demand is stressful, but the only alternative to this class is photography class, and well, i'm not interested in that. :I
The third "optional" class, which is about the mind and thoughts and such, is okay so far, so that's pretty cool. Overall a good day, although i have to say that i'm surprised to learn that creativity class is the one i like the least. I'm also starting to get the feeling that my arting isn't "meant" to be more than a hobby, since it strikes me that i'm actually not keen on having to draw for several hours every day. I'm also slowwwwwwwwwly making my way towards figuring out what i want with my life, and so far, i'm thinking that i just want a chill job that leaves me with enough time, money and energy to pursue my hobbies. Not very ambitious, but honestly, i'm not even sure if i WANT to reach for the stars due to how much effort that takes. If i happen upon the stars by chance, sure, but i'm really a lot less concerned about ascending constantly than i am about enjoying the limited time i have. Alas, the two don't necessarily coincide. :v