In my case, artists are exempt from the career rule. It means there are numerous other paths that I can endeavors. For example, I can sell my artworks, I can run a studio that could collaborate with others in other to tender for the big project, e.g. project which relevant to working on films, relevant to the public installation.....

​

Art is the world of inclusive and sustainable development; it has a variety of interdisciplinary possibilities. For this reason, I could borrow materials and theories from other fields of art and culture to practice my concepts and topics, including literature, social theory, film, philosophy, politics, technology, and so on.

​

That is to say, I need to continue learning and trying new things. I completely agree with Moroe's opinion:" Your path is individual." I don't need to panic and be rush to sell my artworks and become a mature artist. Keep creating, keep practicing, keep learning, keep trying; maybe this is the only way to go step by step to success.

​

According to the above table of career plans which I wrote down after carefully thinking after this session, I will critically reflect on my Ph.D. application and my future creation and professional career paths.

​

​

1. Ph.D. Application:

I separate three main parts to analyze the failure of my Ph.D. application: research proposal, portfolio, and interview.

​

Research proposal:

In summary, there are two main shortages in my research. Firstly, my literature review lacks analysis and comparison of the pieces of literature. I had to make a list and describe some pieces of literature in my research proposal, but I have not summarized their similarities and differences. In addition, there are not enough evaluations about their merits and demerits are 

Second, my methodology lacks rigour and innovation. I need to design a suitable method to avoid some bias, effort to overcomes those problems that I questioned in my research.

​

Portfolio:

Owing to the limited time before I submitted my Ph.D. application for RCA, I had to show them my old portfolio, which I have done in my bachelor's degree. So, next time I will recreate a new portfolio and select the artworks with care. My artworks need to be based on my research or support each other. Because my practice is a method to help me question the problem or phenomenon which we face in our lives, from an artistic perspective. It is an important part in my research.

​

Interview:

I prepared a long presentation draft for my interview.  I tried to remember each sentence in my interview. But what happened is that there is so much content that I cannot remember and the interviewer has not mentioned the content that I prepared. So I understand it is better to remember a structure rather than remember each sentence of your interview draft now.