WELCOME TO MY BLOG

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 I want to develop a written record of my experience dealing with visual art. I am here because I want to come back to where I am taking my career seriously and see how I develop. For me, graphic design was a hard choice.


    I graduated with a Philosophy degree from the University of California Santa Barbara, June 2021. The pandemic hit me hard. I joined many internships that went online. There were a strong few I survived within. I then learned a lot about what it takes. Short end, to ask for help. Always. Plain simple.

    I thought I wanted to be a lawyer. I did the work I needed to realize it was not for me. Plain simple. I long for it now in the way I long to remember how I tried. I just did not have the reasons I do now. It's not always revealed knowledge when things are not yet clear across time. (1) I can help people in other ways that are not controversial, and (2) I can continue my love for argument within respectful disagreements. In short, I want to accept criticism for things I care about.


Now I am choosing design with the intention to help others by making friendships. My collaborators teach me what it means to create through a shared love of artistic commitment. 


With love,

Raymond

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