I decided it would be fun to post some of my activities now that I've gradieated and am attempting to find something to do with it all. It kind of works out to a three pronged approach: Advertizing, Networking, Activating.
Advertizing- This is coming in the form of setting up a website, plus refining my portfolio and resume. You should see an official website in the next week or so. I'm going back to some work I did a year or so ago setting up a website for a prof at the school. He ended up moving on to something a bit more sophisticated but not much different. I rather like where we were and, since I have all the code to make that work, am going to shove my images and structure into the site pages and see how they look. I'm also putting one of my woodblock prints into a book that is coming out on "Artists in Willamette Heights".
Networking- This is probably the meat of finding any job. Its not only meeting people and making connections, its dropping ideas for projects onto them and seeing what they respond to as well. So it is a circular thing, I refine my ideas to show up and talk about, they give me feedback that I take home and use to refine the ideas some more. There is a book I am on hold for at the library, "Find your Lightbulb", on making entrepenureship work. I had it in my hands for a bit but couldn't take time to read it during terminals. But I think that it might give me some good ideas about how to move forward. Here is the quickie on it from Powells-
Case studies (eg Microsoft, Celtel and Innocent) illustrate real life examples of how, through forcing yourself to try new and innovative things, you will find tremendous motivation and the power to attract others who will help (both those who are excited by what you seek to accomplish and those who will proclaim “you must be out of your mind.”)
Activating- This means that I am seeking out projects that I learn from or that help me to network. For example, one architect I know is doing some pro-bono work on a project in Wilsonville and I offered to help with that. A good way to get some drawing experience and some credit hours towards licensing as well. Also I've volunteered to help with the local Architects Without Borders website. A group that I've long been a member of but have never been able to attend their meetings because they are always held on Wednesday evenings. Another Willamette Heights group is assembling a revised history of the neighborhood book and I'm hoping to do some graphic design and layout for them. Meanwhile, I am continuing to build my skill set, now targeted towards my interests rather than just what the next school assignment is. I'm planning to take a summer autocad course at PCC and am self learning about scripting in Sketchup and Rhino to take me beyond the normal skill sets there.
Meanwhile, the Prof I was working for in Eugene this past year continues to need some help over the summer hosting a symposium end of next week and generating teaching materials from the information gathered at that symposium. Need to have my advertizing in line for that meeting... something in the hand to get my name out around town.
I'll post more as some of these tentative activities firm up! Wish me luck!
- Brian -
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Yes, and however tiny the flame to start with, the lighthouse does not run up and down the beach in fear that its light is not seen. For that would create havoc, with ships colliding in the fog, unable to get a fix on the unique position. Belief in oneself is to shine, shine, shine, from that steady place, supported by those who believe in who we are.
Your voice is distinct and steady. Keep shining!
GOOD LUCK BRIAN!!! What we lack in
"luck" we know you will make-up in
ability. Love Dad & Etta
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