| I strongly agree with kjofkw. The best ideas hardly come from your studio hours, it comes fro the outside studio atmosphere, where you are most relaxed. I got all my design concepts while I was sitting down in my Art History Classes (sometimes influenced by a concept an artist followed), watching TV, in the bathroom, or just out side following my hobby of photography.
You can have a social life and carry some hobbies, you do not have to "live in the studio" like how some say. BUT, You must be very disciplined of how you handle timing in relation to your project. I've noticed first hand, people who just chit-chat in studios all during the project phases, but when the dead-lines are near, they are whining because they have been pulling all - nighters. Don't get me wrong, there are brilliant students who may have to pull an all-nighter once in a while, its inevitable, each person in A-school will be sleep deprived at least once, its only natural, but not as much as other students who socialize too much in the studio.
If I could quote my arch. professor, he once said, to be a successful architect, it doesn't matter how much schooling you had, or how rich you are, if you do not have a client, you are not going to succeed in this profession.
We are over worked, and under payed (unless you work for a corporate firm you get paid well but wont learn as much compared to a small boutique firm), but if you still have that drive inside of you after being a Cad Monkey while interning, and dealing with picky clients, greedy bosses- you may become something, maybe not... |