During the submission process of joining Lincoln Park, some students going for specific majors may not have gotten in, thus going for another major or being offered another major. Some students may have just decided to go for a major while having the talent of the other. In more specific cases, some students have artistic talent but end up in Writing and Publishing. I’m Lily Fortier, and in my column Outside the Lines I show artistic students in Writing and Publishing, giving them a platform to showcase their talent.
I interviewed an 11th grader, Lacer Giles, about they’re talent and what an artist faces in the line of creating. This is how he got started in the world of art.
“I really just started like any other kid and I never stopped. But I don’t think I started getting serious about it until fourth grade, since that’s when I moved schools and I wasn’t the best artist anymore,” he said.
In the interview he talked about their struggles with art. Such as being competitive with other artists and their work not being recognized.
“The sinking sort of feeling when you put a lot of effort into a piece and it gets zero attention. It makes me want to curl up into a ball and disappear,” he said in regards to his work not being recognized.
Being competitive with other artists didn’t deter Giles from art, but it was still a challenge.
“It made me angry, sure. But I’ve always been a competitive person. I wanted to be better than her, and obviously quitting can’t make you better,” Giles commented about moving into another school and being competitive with that school’s “art kid” whilst discussing their experience with moving schools.
“I like getting to see the pretty picture at the end. If I can make something pretty I don’t ever want to stop making things like that,” Giles mentioned.
When Lacer starts creating, like many artists, he already has an idea on what he wants to do. “ It’s less that I come up with ideas and more that they just…show up. And it’s my job to make that happen. I don’t have to think about what I’m making because it’s already there.”
I hope you enjoyed seeing Lacer Giles’ art and reading about them. If you’d like to be featured in an upcoming column, then email me at [email protected]!
