Reflective essay

        When talking about life goals, people always think of something different from their interest, such as making big money, earning good reputation, etc. I am exactly the reverse. My life goal is the projection of my interest: I want to be a philosopher, an artist and a game producer.

        I had first used the word “scholar” instead of “philosopher”. The reason why I then changed is I think scholar is too narrow. What I mean narrow is, it is a specific name for those who love wisdom and work in academic fields. This is not a suitable word for those who only love wisdom – even out of academic curriculum. I think Socrate would be the one who most fit the above description. He is famous for his enthusiasm towards any kind of knowledge. He is always humble and talk to people in order to acquire more knowledge even though he did not know that person before. I admire him very much and I always imitate him to talk to people, not only in academic curriculum, too.

        I first grabbed a pen to draw the robot toy that I love when I was around three. I was lying on the floor, holding the pen in a wrong way as if it is a hammer. I first knew the term “drawing” and a book talking about such skills when I was around nine. I asked my dad to buy some related books for me and my journey towards a fascinated world began. I got a D for Visual Art in HKCEE and a B in HKALE. The grades mean nothing, but I was able to learn a lot through the lessons taught by my great visual art teacher, such as art history, art related philosophical question, etc. Art and Philosophy are the two important things in human civilization, I believe.

        What made me want to be a game producer is my gaming experience. I started playing video games when I was just three. The first gaming experience was so enjoyable that I can still remember the exciting scenes in that game very clearly. Such excitement did not vanish as time flies. Instead, I am still playing video games, which had become even more complicated and artistic. Every time I now play a game, I was like reading a book, or watching a movie, or seeing a painting. Such good experience makes me want to deliver the same joy to others and bring video games to a higher level as an art, by creating my own games with the knowledge of art and philosophy.