New Start

Saturday, September 14th, 2024:

It has been a few months since I have graduated from university. With a lot on my mind, I have decided to start creating an art blog. Here I will begin my journey in exploring more within art & visual media. This way I can determine if I am pursuing within the right pathways of things. I hope that you all decide to come along with me for this journey in post graduate exploration. I can not guarantee that this blog will be perfect, but I can tell you that it will have the raw thoughts of an artist who had recently graduated from university with a Bacholer's of Arts in Visual Media. My concentration throughout the program was animation, although towards the end, I have second guessed myself in what I want to do. It could even be from the pressures of the constant inquires of "What do you want to do after graduation?"

I turned 25, which is a quarter of 100 years, it makes you feel middle aged but you also feel like that you're life is just getting started. While people say that university is a time to explore yourself, I personally never felt that I got that because it is hard fitting in when you have a disability. Having Low Support Needs Autism doesn't seem to be much of a disability but it is. Doesn't help that when I turned 24, I was diagnosed officially with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome & Dysautonomia. Having a chronic illness on top of those things make it even more difficult. Never the less, you eventually learn more to just go with the low of things because you never know when your body is going to say "I'm done."

I never considered the fact of things do take time. It is time to take this time while I am not working or not going to school to just learn myself. Learn what I want to do. Learn how to better my skills & see if that is the path that I am willing to take on. It is not considered when you graduate how much you will feel. It is shocking that universities do not attempt to offer further services for new alumni in case they are struggling. Post graduation depression is a thing. While it may be different for everyone else, it is interesting to see how things are going for those who have recently graduated.

Conclusion, it is time for a new start.

This is Mantha, signing off.