Let me back up a second and explain a bit about who I am and why I'm starting this blog. My name is Macey, I'm 18 years old and about to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. Otherwise known as SCAD. All throughout high school I was an oddity, as a theatre student that was to be expected in multiple schools I attended that gravitated around athletics. Don't get me wrong, I love athletics. I love the sense of family that happens with a team, being that I played sports all through my childhood. However, after my first move I quit playing volleyball and began to take theatre a little more seriously. Not seriously as in I'm searching for an Academy Award, but as in I have become deeply involved in local theaters. I love to act and to write, quite simply. Tv, movies, plays, and books are what my life revolves around.
Being a theatre kid in high school is a difficult cup of tea, somewhere near the very bottom of the food chain. This is because the stereotype says that we are all self centered, obnoxious, or generally strange. Now the last one may be generally true across the board but, hey, lets not make assumptions. I can't speak for all actors, but I can say that life in high school theatre is not always pleasant. Nor is high school all that pleasant for anyone if we're going to be honest with ourselves. This is what drove me to choose a college that I felt I could fit in more easily and feel at home with the talents and disadvantages I have. I'm not brilliant with math, but I know my way around a sound board. I'm terribly queasy in Chemistry, but I've written and directed my own show. I may never understand football, but I'm a writer and actor for a local TV show. Everyone is unique, everyone has different talents. I can respect and have life long friends who love the aspects of life I will never understand, like chemistry, math, and football. I went to prom with a football player, twice. This is to say I was not completely out of touch with the rest of the world. But, when choosing a college I needed a place that was just as "different" as I was. Thus, SCAD.
Summer orientation was a few weeks ago, and, I kid you not, I was on the verge of tears the entire time because I had never had so much in common with so many people in one place. I had never felt normal. Or accepted. This was the most liberating feeling I had in my life. However, now that I'm "average" I discovered a double edged sword. I'm no longer the most talented in my field solely by default because of lack of competition. Talent is so palpable in the air on this campus, but the fact that the opening speech of orientation assured everyone that we were all terrified of this fact was comforting. We were all accepted to this "University for Creative Careers" so we must all be up to par.
So, as I begin my journey as an Art College Student I will tell you about each step. Every tip I can give to future freshmen, every comfort I can give to current freshmen, and every affirmation that this is actually a viable life choice to the parents of creative children will be posted here. It's just so collage.
