Tyler Majoy
English, Class of 2017
My mom is an art teacher so at a very young age, I was exposed to works of some of the great artists. I always got in trouble in grade school for doodling. I do a lot of writing. A lot of painting, too. I try to intermittent mix the two. There鈥檚 an art style that I really like called 鈥減olka trash.鈥 You write a couple lines then deck it out, write again and do the same or maybe throw an image in it. You use sharp contrasting colors, usually white and black with a sharp color. It鈥檚 something I do whenever I get bored. It pulls you away from everything so you can relax.
One of my favorite writers, William Blake, wrote poems about the Industrial Revolution but then could drop some awe-inspiring art along with it. That鈥檚 what I consider myself or want to consider myself -- as a writer who also has the ability to be an artist.
I feel like people are fake around art. I generally don鈥檛 like a majority of my art or writing because to me it鈥檚 flawed. I don鈥檛 really share my work with too many people because I want them to be honest about it. I鈥檒l share it with a group of close friends and my advisor, Bill Reyer, because I know they鈥檒l lay into it to help make it great. They鈥檙e not afraid to do that.
Why Heidelberg?
I鈥檓 a legacy. My dad and my uncle came here. They both wrestled here. I planned on wrestling in Division I or II, but when I came to Heidelberg I realized this was much more my style. I鈥檝e never had a thought that I would鈥檝e been happier somewhere else.
Tyler has been very involved during his four years on campus. He is the president of Greek Life Council, a resident assistant, and a member the wrestling team. He will graduate with a degree in English this May.