September 18th 2023. The first day entering the Fine Art Degree course within the University of Cumbria. I remember the time running incredibly quick, with freshers week wrecking through like a whirlwind and meeting many new people, some soon to be great friends. Initial deadlines and demands were made (which at the time i thought were ages away- they were not.). And for the first time ever I had my own little corner within a big studio.- potential endless. I had never felt more intimidated in my life, after coming from a small class in my local college, which we worked within a typical school classroom, those two white walls in my corner were rather daunting. However soon, the walls began to be filled with sketches I made within life-drawing lessons, and the dread slowly drifted away as soon as I remembered there was a reason I was there- to create. We got our first brief , "Know Thyself", and ideas came and went, deciding to cover my family rather than directly myself. I ...