Monday, April 7, 2014

Failures fuel your success

      Success can be many things, but there is a general consensus to what it truly means, that a person has achieved something. I personally define success as when as an individual you have achieved something that makes a difference to you whether it be big or small. Sometimes the little  things can grow into something more powerful much like a ripple in a pond. It spreads outward to allow even more success into your life. 
Some areas where I have been successful in life include how far I have come academically. I'm not a 4.0 student, but a 3.9 GPA is pretty close to me. Many things helped me to be successful academically, but the most influential was the drive my parents had for me to be successful and my past teachers encouragement. Both my parents and teachers hope for my success gave me courage to achieve what I wanted for myself in the future.


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Similarly to success there is a main idea of what failure is, which is a lack of success. I believe that failure isn't  a lack of success, but a way to gain and achieve success. It is just another stair a person has to climb to get to where they want to be and it's a learning experience to further help you wherever your path leads. An area where I have felt failure include the time I had received my first ACT score. I had received a low score of 18 and I was very upset at myself for not studying and taking into consideration of how important the ACT was. I thought I was prepared, but I learned how wrong I was. Even though I had gotten a bad score, I knew that if I just studied for the test, I could change the score into something better. It all worked out in the end because after all of the studying and drive from my past failure, I was able to raise my score to something I was happy I could achieve. Failure drove me to be successful.

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Both success and failure motivate me to be who I want to be. Failures help teach you how to get back up and try again for better results which can then deliver success. Without either, I would just be stuck in the middle and learning nothing from past experiences whether they had failed or succeeded.Both play an equal part in my personal motivation.


In terms of my genius hour project, my goals remain the same. I still hope to be able to draw what a person truly looks like in a realistic way. I believe that this will help me grow by giving me something to work towards and to improve at. So far, my drawings I have attempted have come out looking closely to what a realistic image should look like. I've learned more about art techniques as well as shading by practicing every now and then. Practice does make perfect. Even though there have been some successes, getting the pictures to where they are now included failure as well. Several times I have had trouble getting the subject to look proportional and not look like some Frankenstein monster. Eyes have been lopsided, arms have been too long, and legs have been too short, but that's all part of the process. These failures help me grow and in fact learn more about drawing human figures. 

When the end of the time of the project comes, I will know whether I have achieved success or not by how I personally feel. If I feel that I have worked hard to accomplish my goal and feel satisfied, I will know that I have succeeded in what I wanted to.