I have had a really busy few weeks, packing, working, houseguests, and being sick. I don't think I've mentioned it here on this blog, but after VISITING and applying to grad schools I've decided to go to Columbia in New York to do my MFA in Film.
I'm in San Francisco for a while right now, which is fantastic, and then I'll be moving to my hometown for the rest of the summer to save money before going to New York. San Francisco is amazing, New York is going to be amazing, going home will actually be quite nice, but my departure from Toronto really snuck up on me. It was a few days before I left, as I was biking from one informal goodbye dinner to another, that I realized what I'd be leaving. I listened to my music and pedalled from West to East and was hit with nostalgia. It is definitely time for me to leave; I have the same feeling going to New York that I did when I was leaving my hometown for Toronto. A sort of panicked desperation to move on. But this is different. I've been in Toronto for the past 8 years - in some ways they were the most formative and eventful years of my life. Toronto is easy, it's home, it's my favourite place to be in the summer. Leaving high school was like leaving a place I didn't want to be in in the first place.
So I look back on these 8 years and feel a bit wistful, but I like that more than panic.
Labels: MAYBE THE FUTURE WILL BE BETTER
POSTED BY GRAYDON AT 6/23/2009 -
4 Comments:
Bye Bye!
12:07 AM
Bye!
12:44 AM
Because you already have experience, why not use the money you would be spending on tuition to actually make a film instead, the way Kevin Smith and many others have done?
11:17 PM
Hi Anonymous,
Kevin Smith went to The New School in New York and then went to Vancouver Film School. This will be my first experience with film school, as I did my undergrad in photography. Although I've had experience, I recognize my shortcomings as a writer and director and I'd rather get a world-class education in New York City than dump all my money into one film that would most likely be a flop in Toronto.
11:57 PM
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