The Dresser pt.1
Theres a story about a dresser that haunted the last 10+ years of my life. Here is part 1 of it (image attached above) Blog Version listed below.
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The Dresser
Excited in this opportunity, I was admitted into Parsons University The New School. The Year was 2005 and at the time I would be the first person in my family to be admitted into a college and let alone a private one. Stakes were high but at the time these were the things you dont really think about.
A summer prior I was to attend a summer program straight out of high school that would prepare me and my peers for the curriculum. Classes consisted of 2d drawing, anatomy, film,
and writing. An instant relief to know that the classes were solely ART based. For the first time I felt like I was where I needed to be. My class was a particular batch of kids selected from Wash Irving so we were very hungry and ready to soak up anything art related.
After the summer program we started our first school semester and one of my first classes was Year 1 Writing. Our first assignment was to write a 30 page paper on a piece of furniture. At the time I had no understanding on how I would do such a thing?
I was assigned an IKEA dresser. We were to write about it’s history, the designer, opinions and obviously it’s visual representation. I mean, even its fucking price for Christ’s sake. For days I struggled trying to pull out more details on such a thing. I ended up failing the class. Not being able to write such a thing has haunted me for years. The funny thing is, it proved that depending on where you are at a particular moment in your life things can effect your interested and dedication towards objectives.
Over 15 years later I have persued Art and Design independantly and eventually developed the tools to write such a thing now. It’s one of those things that I have been wanting to do for quite some time to clear my conscious. I think Iwill write this paper in the up and coming weeks.
As a challenge and as a pat on my back to my younger self.
This damn Dresser.
