The Surrealism of a Sabbatical (aka Sabbatical Ho!)

Today is the first day of school for the new fall semester… and for the first time ever, I’m working at home. It’s so surreal to be on my sabbatical (finally!) while knowing that the CCAD world is going on without me. It’s half humbling… and half liberating. I get to focus completely on doing my artwork, retune and re-educate my skills, and work on new projects. I love to do artwork. For me, it’s an essential part of my everyday. It’s just that when I get too much outside work to do that I get overwhelmed and frustrated. It just flows out of me. The key thing I have to focus on now is to up the professionalism of the work that I’m outputting. It can’t look rushed and not fully focused on design. It has to look polished, artistic, thought-out, and well-designed. And then I need to focus on publishing my work and getting it into more film festivals. I’m more than happy to use this sabbatical to achieve these objectives. It’s my duty and my passion. I’ve got a lot to prove to my employers. I know I can do it, too. It’s just a matter of time, which is what they’ve now given me. It’s on.