A friend of mine once said to me that Art is not a career but a calling, but by giving it this title of a calling does it not make art appear discriminative, i mean who are these called upon people and who decides what is art.  It just makes me wonder, as i suppose i consider myself an artist, i mean i love the subject and i'm studying it, but is that enough.  As a see art as or in my future, when can i truly consider myself an artist.  Everyones interpretation of art is different, we see this all the time, 'artists' are always being slandered, personally i don't think i could handle that, yet i do it myself; if i go to an exhibition i pick out my favourites and almost instantly know which piece i don't like, i mean everyone has their own opinions but who has the right to judge someone els's work.  personally i always seek approval from my tutors, some could call it a form of self flagellation, but i still do it, i guess its just the way i have always been (something i'm trying to work on!!) otherwise when it comes to real life and outside of the 'class room' how could i possible handle it.  Therefore i use artist as a fairly loose term, i mean anyone could be, i guess what i'm trying to say is its not up to me to decide.
- a random contradicting internal rant i was having, having never converted one to paper before i thought it would be interesting to see if it was possible.  still not entirely sure as it makes sense, it does to me but probably no one else (a common theme with me), especially with the total lack of punctuation.