FAR AWAY [JENLISA ]

08| S T R A N G E R

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-Stranger-
/ˈstreɪn(d)ʒə/

(def.) a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.

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J E N N I E
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
15:01 P.M.

"Does anyone of you at least know what the vanishing point is? Can anyone explain it's purpose?" Professor Lee enquired.

Silence.

"Nobody?" he reiterated. "Not even you, Ms Kim?"

"Jennie," Sehun tapped my forearm.

"What?" I asked, dropping my clutch pencil. Irritated because he distracted me from my drawings.

"Prof's talking to you." He whispered.

"Obviously it's the line of symmetry, or something." Tae said out loud, confusing me.

"What are they talking about?" I questioned in a low voice.

"Eyes up here, Jennie and company." Professor Lee spoke in a stern warning.

"Yes sir."

"Your answer is incorrect, Mr Kim. Can anyone else try please? Somebody who actually knows the answer." He grunted.

I raised my hand. "Uh sir, please repeat the question."

He sighs for the millionth time today. "Name and explain the purpose of the vanishing point." He drawls out, slowly.

"Ooh, I know the answer sir!" I lifted my hand, jumping up and down in my seat, ignoring Sana, rolling her eyes at me.

"Explain to us then." He encouraged, seated on the tip of his desk, below the podium.

"In a linear perspective drawing, the vanishing point is the spot on the horizon line to which the receding parallel lines diminish. It is what allows us to create drawings, paintings, and photographs that have a three-dimensional look." I explained, and I don't miss the small smile he makes, listening to my explanation.

"EUREKA!" he squealed, fist pumping the air. "I'm glad to see that someone's been paying attention. Thank you, Ms Kim."

It isn't the most difficult question. It's the most basic principle of architecture. It takes a doofus to not know what the vanishing point is.

"You're more advantaged, doofus." Sehun deadpanned.

I was speaking out loud again.

"And why's that?" I challenged.

"Because your life revolves around this shit. You don't even pay any attention in class, because it's all you do; drawing all the time." Mina interjected from the third row, seven tables away from mine.

Were we talking that loud?

"And that's not a bad thing, class. Improve your skills at every chance that you get. You'll build up a new found desire to learn more, once you've learnt the basics." Professor Lee also chimed in.