And just because it was right does not mean it was easy. Knowing I was pushing my luck with SVA ever letting me back in (they could only hold out on me for so long) it once again felt like the right time. I was setting myself up for many more years of crawling up a ladder that maybe some day would have gotten me to those places, but did not suit the skills and experiences I wanted and needed in order to grow. I also was learning that the things I was interested in–being a creative executive, a producer, a writer–were not going to happen on the path I was on. When you’re at a company where a lot of the upper management don’t leave, it makes it incredibly hard to move up. Even though I had a stable enough job, in a department and team I loved, I wasn’t sure if it was something I could keep doing. It always bothered me that I hadn’t finished my MFA. Even being handed my degree did not make it feel real. Even now, literally just finishing an animated short a couple weeks ago, making an animated short film still feels impossible. Though when I dropped out, I only had two classes left, plus the final project, which seemed like an impossible thing for me. Having only the most basic understanding of Maya prior to the program, I knew I was in trouble by week two of the program. SVA’s MFA Computer Arts program is an intensive one, teaching what normally takes four years jammed into two (or four, if you attend part time, but it’s structured and advertised as a 2-year intensive). ![]() That I’d gotten a job offer from Blue Sky was amazing timing for me, as it gave me an out that frankly, didn’t feel like a failure. Overwhelmed, I switched to attending part time in my second year, before dropping out completely shortly after. A year ago, I left my job at Blue Sky and returned to SVA in NYC, where I’d started on my MFA in computer animation in 2012. ![]() ![]() While I wrapped up my schooling, this site took an unofficial hiatus.
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