art student woes

    
    
Amidst the storm that is COVID-19, my duties as an art student felt… grossly unimportant. Grades are just a made-up point system to gauge how well a student could follow instructions. GPA has no real bearing on my worth as a person or my ability to create meaningful art. So why would school matter now in the grand scheme of things? I could not bring myself to care about a number. I knew deep down that my passion for art didn’t waver but I felt so helpless. How much can an artist, let alone one that is still a student, really help the people? Right now, making art feels only beneficial to me. back / index