Journal Entry 7: Synchronicity

In my previous years here at LSU, I was very much upset with the way the Film and Television students were being treated in the department. It seemed as though we were not being given the same opportunities to develop our craft as those members of the department that were not in the Film/TV concentration. As you can probably imagine, it was very frustrating to watch several other students grow and develop and produce art in their medium of choice while the rest of us were being strung along and dragged in directions that weren't really the paths we had hoped to take. I was so frustrated that I had seriously considered switching out the department, or taking some other kind of action to pull myself out of the debilitating stasis that I was currently in. After a long conversation with my mother and father, we decided together that my best option was to graduate early from college and find other places and other ways where I could develop my craft and get more practical education in filmmaking. I was upset that in my three years of college, I would not be prepared to enter the real world doing what I loved to do. In the fall semester of my final year, a synchronous situation occurred. A new member of the faculty was brought on board within the department, and his job was to be a representative of the film and television students in the department. This was a beautiful moment for me, because after getting to know Josh, I came to realize that he was exactly what was needed not only for myself as an individual, but also for the entire concentration of film students in the department of theatre. Because of the things Josh was able to teach me, and the practical application of his lessons I feel exponentially more prepared to enter the world of film when I’m out on my own. I now know that will be able to hold my own in terms of creative discussion and in collaborating with other artists. This new addition to the faculty was Synchronous for me because otherwise, I would have left the department a year early with about as much film knowledge leaving as I had when I arrived. I now feel so much more comfortable leaving the department then I ever could have before, and it is somewhat haunting to me that if Josh had arrived at LSU just one year later, I would not have him as a positive influence in both my professional and personal life.