It’s been one insanely amazing week! Honestly, I couldn’t
have asked for a better week than this.
10th August 2014 will be a date that will always
stand out to me, as that is the date that I had the opportunity to hear a
musical legend live in the flesh.
Like my title states, the legend I am referring to is indeed
the one and only, Bob Dylan. It was (hands down) the best concert I have been
to in my life, he is such a fantastic musician! Not many people can keep the
attention of a crowd for nearly two hours, but he certainly did.
Wintec’s Communications department got complimentary tickets
to his Sunday night show, a few tutors were selected to go, and the rest of the
tickets were given to students who had emailed and turned up to collect them. I
(and a friend of mine, Naomi) got a free ticket and it was probably one of the
best moments of my life thus far! I’m not even joking!
Anyway, that’s enough of my boasting about seeing Bob Dylan
live – I’ll talk about something else now…
This week is the 16th annual SPARK festival (I
talked about it briefly in my last post, so go check it out) and so far it’s
been fantastic! I’ve loved all of the events I’ve gone to so far (aside from
one, but I suspect that it’s because I didn’t understand any of it), and I’m
now more inspired to keep pursuing my Media Arts degree. There’s something to
be said about the power someone’s experiences can have on a person, especially
when you have this pre-conceived idea on how this person is before you hear
them talk about their lives. Wintec’s
Graduate Panel (Grad Panel) featured
three people that have graduated from Wintec in recent years, and have made
something of them in the Media industry.
I was intrigued by what all of these panellists had to say
about their lives, and how they were when they were students. They each had the
same point to prove – that nothing comes easy, and you have to be prepared to
work twice as hard as everyone else if you want to get anywhere in the Media
industry. I think this is something I often forget as a university student. I
forget about how hard it is out in the real world, and because I think what I’m
doing right now is so much harder. In reality, what I’m doing is just the tip
of the iceberg (so to speak).
Another thing I got from the people that spoke at the Grad
Panel today was that nothing is ever guaranteed, and I think that is so true,
especially in today’s world. No one’s job is guaranteed, someone can just as
easily take it away from you, and then you’re left with nothing. You have to be
two steps ahead of everyone else, and always have a plan if something doesn’t work.
This is probably the shortest blog post to date, for that, I
apologise.
Stay tuned,
Tessa
Tessa
