Keanu

There are many quotes that sum up peoples lives, there are also many lines of songs as well. The one thing that I live by, or my motto if you will is "Do the impossible, See the invisible, Touch the untouchable, Break the unbreakable." The saying may be from a kids cartoon but it sums up the attitude and will I display. I would describe this as raging like a fire, yet calm and tranquil like water.
I was born in Chicago, Illinois in January of 1992. I grew up as a mostly sick child and had to overcome that obstacle of my life. School was always easy back then so I had little to no issues adapting to what I had to do. Other than being sick I had to overcome one of the biggest issues of my life being speech impaired. After years of torment and being ridiculed by peers for a while I got over it. As of today I can speak to big crowds and not fret about it.
I always had a thing for philosophical and as well as hidden meanings. I usual would display this in English and Art classes. My mind would always strive to find deeper meaning int he littlest things in life. Words as well as pictures intrigued me. I then decided to make this my lifes goal not only to find and develop such knowledge, but to share it with the world thus giving birth to my love of art and some forms of literature,
Everyday is a new struggle for me. Struggling to be what I want to be, as well as be what society wants me to be and not want me to me. They say a strike is counted against you when your born of color. To most that is a crutch in which they simply rely on when the bad times come in. To me this is nothing more than a challenge from a even bigger source. As an artist I also know all to well the ridicule and the reputation we get. We are cast out like bums and we are seen as low lifes to some. Some say we have no future in our field. Despite this I laugh, not because I'm happy that something has given me the dri ve to go forward.
I am a man with a strong sense of justice. I do not liek to see unjust things go unpunished. Growing up I used to love the school system and how it made people like me (geniuses in the minds of teachers) become the spotlight, the center of attention of you will. As I began to slip due to no motivation I saw that school ( at least mine) had no way of measuring a true mans intelligence. Intelligence is more than reading a book and answering questions to me. It is findign a deper meaning pulling out what you can to find even deeper plot and meaning than the first time. I think to myself " is what I believe true or false?". "Do I wish to be myself or do I wish to be within the crowd?". With my acceptance into an art school I hope to come one step closer in finding my answeras well as my path.