Alright, this is straight-up talk. One on one Ghaz, lets go.

You are a graphic designer, alright? As much as you’d like to argue that you’re not, you still have graphic design skills. You can still make a book, you know what typography is all about, you know how to position information and you know how to do this well. Now, I know you want to be crazy and call yourself an ‘insane pragmatist’ or whatever new term you want to make for yourself, you’re still graduating from a design school and people are going to come and expect some nice graphic work from you. You did it at Ringling — you produced a lot of work and you got recognized for it. You know how to design. Boom.

What else? Well, you also love writing don’t you? I mean, a lot of people have said that you’re good at it. Your English teachers in high school said it, your teacher for Graphic Design History said it, your thesis teacher said it. Just because it’s not full of fancy big words that researchers use and it’s not in an essay format doesn’t mean you can’t think of it as a strength in your abilities. You know how to communicate well, whether with text, conversation or visuals, you’re downright a graphic designer! You know all about the field and now it’s your time to show it off!

I know you have big dreams because you think big and you just can’t stop the learning process. It’s time to design Ghazaleh, and you have to get practical. You know how to write, you know what your point is, you have tons of research that will set you apart from others, you have tons of photographs, you’re good at documenting your experiences and you know how important presentation is.

Do it! Write that book and design it dammit! How long have I been telling you to do it? Get to it. You have your thesis, you have all the content — get writing and kick some ass.