What do I want out of this Master's program? Well, what more could I want? Every time I read more into the Italian Studies program at NYU, the more I feel at peace with my future. For one, unlike many universities, they allow you to graduate with a Master's in a language/ culture program [Harvard will only accept you on a PhD track], and also there seems to be a limitless number of possibilities in this department. [now I only wish I had visited them when I was in the city... another visit? yes please!] So as I was reading more into this thing - besides being almost completely blinded by the fact that you can SPEND A YEAR IN FLORENCE AT THEIR HOUSE LA PIETRA... umm what was I saying again? Oh yea, well besides that amazing fact I could finish my Masters in two years, anddd apply it to my field of study from my Bachelors [hellloooo perfection!]. I don't think I could have found a better fit at a better time. I guess that's just how my long journey has had to turn out... probably how all of my long journeys will turn out, in some way that will only make sense in the end. Throughout this whole long, five year uphill struggle I've jumped from wanting every extreme. In the end, I feel like I am being led to the front door of the rest of my life. This could even be inspiration for my Thesis - why not take the spirit of the thing I want to study and integrate it into this project [although this could end in catastrophic failure... hmm].
But what would I say? When asked "why do you want to enter this program for your Masters"? What do I say? I mean from my end, there are a million and a half reasons why to go forward with this - isn't it on their end to deem the final judgement? I mean of course there's Italy itself. The semester I still dream about, and long to return. There's Italian architecture that has been on my mind, and nestled deep within my inspirations since my visit. There are the people and the lifestyle, the food. Everything about that time in Italy has changed me as a person, why not continue exploring this change? I think having a purely "American" world-view is probably very limiting. Especially in the field of architecture, overexposure to one way of life seems like it could lead to things like... well I dunno the US pavilion at the Expo last year [Shanghai]... ahhh! The horror!! Yea no... cannot have that spring up during my midlife crisis. I need something new, an outlet that can balance and enhance all that I have currently worked for. I think the introduction of a new mindset, a new pace, and new flavors for life could be just the thing to revamp my career as an architect. I would have not only the stringent, technical-American-school eye for things, I could also have the lively, energy-for-living perspective of the Italians. Dear NYU, please plan on seeing my shining face because I will return!
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But what would I say? When asked "why do you want to enter this program for your Masters"? What do I say? I mean from my end, there are a million and a half reasons why to go forward with this - isn't it on their end to deem the final judgement? I mean of course there's Italy itself. The semester I still dream about, and long to return. There's Italian architecture that has been on my mind, and nestled deep within my inspirations since my visit. There are the people and the lifestyle, the food. Everything about that time in Italy has changed me as a person, why not continue exploring this change? I think having a purely "American" world-view is probably very limiting. Especially in the field of architecture, overexposure to one way of life seems like it could lead to things like... well I dunno the US pavilion at the Expo last year [Shanghai]... ahhh! The horror!! Yea no... cannot have that spring up during my midlife crisis. I need something new, an outlet that can balance and enhance all that I have currently worked for. I think the introduction of a new mindset, a new pace, and new flavors for life could be just the thing to revamp my career as an architect. I would have not only the stringent, technical-American-school eye for things, I could also have the lively, energy-for-living perspective of the Italians. Dear NYU, please plan on seeing my shining face because I will return!
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