But not knowing how to scan.

As I get ready for my final studio as a grad student, I found these artifacts from my first year at the University of Cincinnati. Then, I took everything so seriously. Every drawing, every concept model, every conversation mattered. Over time, as I have become more comfortable with my abilities and the discourse of design, I am just as serious. Maybe this is because I am an older sibling, or perhaps because my zodiac sign is that of the Aquarius. Regardless, I look back at my work from years ago and I am grateful for the earnest effort I put forth, but I am also reminded that this is a life-long pursuit and I will always work hard to master the difficult tasks ahead. I remember when I drew these back in 2010, I spent hours sitting around the DAAP building with my pencil and erasing shield measuring out walls and steps, trying to make sense of the seussical sense of Peter Eisenman's building. It is in this time, the hours spent looking and recording, that I grew to love architecture as object. And while we are trained to not consider the building as an sculpture in a field, it is only with this fundamental appreciation that I have been able to integrate design into its complicated context. These basic drawings show that I can tackle new skills and that with patience and persistence I have done it before.