College Admissions Essay: Why I Love Art

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“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” ― Virginia Woolf. In this final year of high school, I have grown in a way that is hard to describe, but to put it simply, I finally feel like an adult. My background has gotten me where I am today; and I am proud and happy that it has led me to go into a career that I am passionate about. From the time I was 3 years old, I loved art. I would go through a stack of printer paper in a couple hours, and drew on the wall in the house my sisters and I grew up in. In the summer after first grade, we moved in with my mother. Going to a new elementary school, I was bullied quite a lot. I was awkward, and did not know how to talk to people. Gaining friends was difficult, and one of the ways I enticed other kids was by drawing. During recess, I would draw, sometimes people would come over and ask me to sketch them. As a kid, passion is much more important than skill; you can get bored and give up. Skill can fuel passion, but practice, just keeping at something is important in developing a skill. I loved art then, and I still do. …show more content…

We have had to take care of ourselves and each other since we were younger. I have two sisters, and I could say my family encouraged my interest in art. My older sister, April, was inspiring to me when I was younger, and as I got older I saw her as a standard for myself, even as competition. I enjoyed drawing faces, as well as everything else. Eventually, my mom died in 2013, we moved back into our father’s house, and I lost myself for a little while. I don't remember what I was doing art-wise, but I remember finding the art club immediately and joining. I spent that year living with an alcoholic, and feeling quite depressed myself. The summer of 2014 was going into town, sketching people, buildings, lights, everything. This helped me get better at art (due to practice) and grow as a person, at the very

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