I think of myself as a communicator.  As you may have noticed from this site, I express myself in many ways: via words, by song, through pictures, and by movement.   I like to think of myself as Renaissance Woman.

I think I must have talent in all of the arts in my portfolio, because I never worked much on them and nor did I have much formal training.   Something just clicked, and I found myself creating beautiful things before I realized it.  It is such a great feeling to sing with all the voices of the mountain and paint with all the colors of the wind.  I don't know where it comes from.  Must be magic.  I doubt I will ever be considered an expert in any art form.  There is only so much you can do in a lifetime.  Still, I can try, and maybe I can combine the four...

My big goal in life is to found Eutopia, an art discovery center/club house/studio where amateurs can find and exchange their artistic voices.  I think if people of the world spent a little more time creating art and seeing how similar our inspirations and ideals are, we would understand each other a lot better and spend a lot less time fighting.  If this sounds idealistic, may I never lose this idealism.  (Heck, it already survived MIT with me.)

Web design serves well as a creative outlet.  It is very colorful and dynamic, and it is about communication, like me.  In it I can apply my training as an architecture major -- to the layout, the general aesthetics, and the navigation ergonomics.  As a bonus, I like working on the computer.  [I think it is actually a good thing, at least for now, that my job is more technical than creative, because I seem to burn out quickly when forced to create -- as I found out as an architecture major.  In addition, I've picked up a lot of technical skills which fortify and complement my artistic temperament.  Isn't life beautiful?]

If you have something to say in response, please e-mail me at jkhsieh@alum.mit.edu