"Fascination" And The Art Student

Have you ever been fascinated by something? Truly and deeply engrossed in some subject that you think about constantly. It could be a hobby or sport, or perhaps some aspect of your job. Fascination is not a world to be used lightly, such as "love" or "hate." Now, if you have ever taken an art class or perhaps a architecture studio class or anything of the sort, where large groups of so-called "creative minded" people assemble en masse, you will know that this particular group's lexicon is infatuated with certain intense sounding words like "fascinated," "obsessed," and the such. Let me just say this now: if you did not think about the topic of the work for more than an hour--nay 6 hours--then you were not "fascinated" by it. It may have been the subject or main focus of your work, but there was no fascination involved. Don't just use the same words that your instructors or peers use. Use the same vocabulary that you did before; if it was good enough for you then, it is good enough now and people will respect the chance of pace.