{"id":2794,"date":"2011-01-17T10:44:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T15:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2016-06-24T09:58:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T13:58:01","slug":"hey-soul-sista-i-want-to-do-some-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=2794","title":{"rendered":"Hey Soul Sista, I want to do some art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a first year student who is in constant deliberation with myself about his major(s). One thing I definitely want to study in further years is art, yet I have little experience with it on a high school level and only draw in my spare time! Yet, my mind-nay, my spirit-grumbles and yearns to release its creativity, break its confines from this putrid colourless study of whatever the hell I take now because I surely don&#8217;t know or care anymore (it&#8217;s history and I hate it). What I&#8217;m asking I guess is whether it would be tough to take VIS120 and VIS130 without any formal teaching other than by self with the aid of books? Or is it merely recommended? If so, how hard are these courses to an inexperienced chap?<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nGODDAMNITSETMEFREE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Right off the bat<br \/>\nSide Bar Ted<br \/>\nTop 5 &#8216;Set Me Free&#8217; songs (or possibly the only 5)<\/p>\n<p>Set Me Free &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oaojZhoeE5s\" target=\"_blank\">The Kinks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set Me Free &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ITNOLDx8DE\" target=\"_blank\">Velvet Revolver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set Me Free &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7kZ4rtBzskA\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Rudd &amp; Izintaba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set Me Free &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u-7fibt4DU8\" target=\"_blank\"> Patti Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I Want to Get Away &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E2uQ8GMHlTI\" target=\"_blank\">Lenny Kravitz<\/a>\u00a0(close enough)<\/p>\n<p>Alright, keep in mind when reading this, that I have not taken this course (but seriosuly considered it). Anywho, I think if they expected you to have previous art experience an entry portfolio would be required. \u00a0Looking at the course calendar, they don&#8217;t even recommend previous expereince.<br \/>\nPersonally I think that if you have the creative urge in you, that you should do something with it or you will go crazy sitting lecture halls for eight months.<br \/>\nBoth of those classes are relatively hard to get into. So when choosing your courses this summer, I would just make sure?that you make them your first choices.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t worry about not having formal training, this could be the start you&#8217;ve been looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I will pose for your first portait (not naked, ew)<\/p>\n<p>Tender thoughts,<br \/>\nAska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;m a first year student who is in constant deliberation with myself about his major(s). One thing I definitely want to study in further years is art, yet I have little experience with it on a high school level and only draw in my spare time! Yet, my mind-nay, my spirit-grumbles and yearns to release its creativity, break its confines from this putrid colourless study of whatever the hell I take now because I surely don&#8217;t know or care anymore (it&#8217;s history and I hate it). What I&#8217;m asking I guess is whether it would be tough to take VIS120 and VIS130 without any formal teaching other than by self with the aid of books? Or is it merely recommended? If so, how hard are these courses to an inexperienced chap? Sincerely, GODDAMNITSETMEFREE \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Right off the bat Side Bar Ted Top 5 &#8216;Set Me Free&#8217; songs (or possibly the only 5) Set Me Free &#8211; The Kinks Set Me Free &#8211; Velvet Revolver Set Me Free &#8211; Xavier Rudd &amp; Izintaba Set Me Free &#8211; Patti Smith I Want to Get Away &#8211;\u00a0Lenny Kravitz\u00a0(close enough) Alright, keep in mind when reading this, that I have not taken this course (but seriosuly considered it). Anywho, I think if they expected you to have previous art experience an entry portfolio would be required. \u00a0Looking at the course calendar, they don&#8217;t even recommend previous expereince. Personally I think that if you have the creative urge in you, that you should do something with it or you will go crazy sitting lecture halls for eight months. Both of those classes are relatively hard to get into. So when choosing your courses this summer, I would just make sure?that you make them your first choices. Don&#8217;t worry about not having formal training, this could be the start you&#8217;ve been looking for. Yes, I will pose for your first portait (not naked, ew) Tender thoughts, Aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}