New Direction

It seems life likes to come crashing down all around you just when you think you have the perfect structure...
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As you all may or may not know, I love creativity to the nth degree and have so my entire life, but I am of Nigerian descent in America and the first child of six. With that said it makes sense that I would panic to find out that my heart no longer viewed Engineering and Art equally, Art has won by a near shutout...but almost too far into the game...
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You see, for the last few years of my short life, I was convinced that I was going to be an engineer of some kind because I loved creating thinks and watching them work but now I think that I was just lying to myself more or less because it's what my parents would love to hear. I've been in technology-focused education for as long as I can remember and even took robotics classes during summer breaks. I swore up and down to my parents that I would end up at one BLANK Institute of Technology or another BLANK Tech. But now, thanks to my experiences at my Science and Technology Internship Program at UMDCP, I realized that i was only in love with the creating part and not the work and theory behind it. Don't get me wrong, Engineering as a topic is still up there to me and will always have a place in my imagination, but I just plain love art and design more.
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The question is not how to prepare for getting this sort of education, just how I break it to my parents who've seen all the engineering schools filling up my mailbox with admissions forms and have started calling me 'Engineer Chuk" already. I have to prove to them that I can still attain a good level of capitalistic security in my chosen path, after all, they just want the best for me.
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Jesus save me....
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P.S. Thank you to all mentors, friends et al. who've provided me with a bit of knowledge and insight on my dilemma, you're all angels. If it wasn't for the combined 'do it', 'don't do it', 'here's what I did's etc., I would have to be an angry engineer when I was old instead of a happy artist.
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Sidney Lo,
Mr. Kyle,
Mr. Sully Jacks (sp?),
Vasco Mateus,
Mauricio Morales,
Fatmata (Fatima) Koroma,

and many more who I've missed. (Let me know.)

*Edit*

Kevin Rucker (The Phantom Hero himself)
Heron Preston

Were Not Dead...

Just dealing with crazy classes and other responsibilities of high school seniors aiming to go to college sooo...um just stay tuned. We'll keep up with things very minimally until we can show you something other than words.

Peace