“Help, I need some body. Help, not just anybody…..” Beatles

“Help, I need some body, Help, not just anybody…..” Beatles

Help. Everything is going great for my packages. My letters of reference are peers and mentors that I respect greatly whose experience and current work are relative. My portfolio contains a diverse and strong body of work. My resume and CV are current and clean. And my website is acting as a great storefront.

But my letters of intent are proving to be more troublesome than anticipated. If I were writing a letter for a Master’s in Fine Art (MFA) the process would be relatively natural and easy. My peers in undergraduate were mostly MFA students and I worked closely with and showed at the same galleries, and critiqued the same work.

However, when writing my letters of intent of MLA, the content is not the problem, it’s the process of editing down the excess, and exemplifying the appropriate material to demonstrate my sincere intent in the school, program, and career. Does my resume and CV demonstrate my capacity as a designer and fine artist, or do I need reiterate these.

• Do I use the building of our family’s greenhouse as my hook paragraph? Because I’m very interested in combining Landscape architecture with greenhouse and residential and commercial spaces.

• Do talk about the font I designed for my BFA thesis. The research was tremendous, and studio man-hours are unfathomable.

• Do I try and work in my experiences in the coastguard doing heavy weather search and rescue and how it has shaped me as a person? I stopped mentioning being veteran during interviews for design positions. I usually would just get a blank stare from the designer, lol.

• Do I this, or that, or this……..
As you can see I’m suffering from paralysis through analysis. Okay, so I’ve identified the ailment, SNAKE OIL anybody? Anybody?