The Artist 

My name is Savvy, and I’m a nineteen-going-on-twenty year old Christian INFJ from New Jersey.  Gentility and wit are my primary goals, and while I don’t always meet them I try to be the best person I can be, my friends and family deserve no less.  The hierarchy of God-Family-Friends-and then myself, is one I live by.  I first started this Tumblr for one simple reason:

My mother went back to college to finish her nursing degree, after the insistence of her entire family.  So I decided that I would wait to go to college until she was done.  In the mean time I would stay at home, keep house for her, and watch after my grandmother and older Uncle.  Between the cleaning and helping my grandmother cook I was going a little stir crazy being in the house most of the time.  Then I found Tumblr and decided to fill it with my love of music, art, stories and writing.

I am primarily an artist.  I have a tutor who is teaching me in the classical style.  I take my art very seriously, and prefer Pre-Raphaelites, Nouveau, Baroque and Rococo styles.  I adore animation, especially but not limited to Disney.  I like some modern art, but on the whole I dislike it.  As Renoir said “Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”  Art is about making beauty, communicating through beauty.  But I will give anything a shot.

I’m also an author.  I love to roleplay and I have three roleplaying blogs.  I am an avid reader—put anything in front of me and I will devour it.  I crave the written word and prose.  I have written a Star Trek novella, two fanfiction novellas and am working on a fully original Star Trek novel that I might publish one day (fingers crossed!).

When I finally do go to college I want to be a psychologist.  I decided this ever since I watched Silence of the Lambs, and read the novels in the series.  The way they delved and depended completely on psychology sparked my interest.  I love figuring out how people tick, and finding patterns in their thoughts and actions.  This also comes from my younger years, when I battled depression.  My counselor soon became one of my best friends.  I want to help women and young adults work through their problems, and hopefully be the savior my counselor was to me, to them.

I occasionally have deep thoughts.  I continually look for themes in everything, symbolism and the meaning behind it.  Every story and every character is fascinating to me.  I am a pseudo reviewer for books and movies.  I will occasionally break them down and say why it or their characters are either good or bad.  Sometimes these will be very calm and analytical, and other times they can be loud and ranty and filled with comedy, even if the points are no less true. 

I identify mainly with the Disney character Megara, for my world-weary ways and dry wit (and hair).  She gave it all for someone she loved, and has pure loyalty to the point of self sacrifice.  If I had to choose a princess, I would choose Mulan.  She gave everything up for her family and so would I.  My family (and those I consider family) are my biggest love in life.

I try to be as kind as possible, but my humor is dry and sarcastic when it’s not totally insane.  I adore laughing and I adore my friends.  I am extremely loyal, and utterly passionate.  I throw myself into everything I do, whether it’s simple or in depth conversation, writing, art or helping out someone else.  My favorite thing to do is meet new people, especially of different thoughts or cultures.  While I believe firmly in my own values, I will listen to anyone talk about anything, even if I disagree with it, as long as they are civil.  It’s only fair.