By Micah Weathers |ContributorA professor at Augusta University is living his dreams through his passion for creativity. Assistant Professor of English Dylan Smeak says “having no life” really means that you've found what you love and are completely fixated on it.Smeak, 28, teaches English 1101 and 1102 (College Composition I and II). A typical day in the life of Smeak revolves around teaching, grading, writing and reading. He teaches four classes each week in which he strives to get his students to find their creativity.“If I can really create a class that gets students thinking for themselves by themselves, I would say that’s a pretty good academic goal,” Smeak said.As for what Smeak’s dreams are in life, he has multiple goals in which he dreams to achieve in the near future.“The ultimate goal is to write and direct a movie which is under a larger umbrella goal which is just to be able to tell stories.” Smeak said.Smeak also said he wants to make sure his students reach their academic goals by understanding how to think for themselves.In relation to his goals, his driving force is creativity.Smeak is an Augustan, living here his whole life up until graduate school. He attended Augusta University and earned his undergraduate degree in English on the creative writing track. In graduate school, he earned a MFA in creative writing at the Writer’s Foundry at St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is now living back in Augusta.Originally, Smeak had started college in the political science program at AU, but after taking the Introduction to Creative Writing class his junior year, he came to a huge realization in regards to his future.“I’ve always loved movies; I’ve always loved short fiction," Smeak said. "I just never thought that was something you could do. I thought you had to have a more concrete career."Smeak’s parents pushed him to be creative rather than falling victim to the crowd. He had plans of attending law school because he knew there was a good future down that path. His parents were the ones to “pressure” him away from a law career path, for which he is truly grateful that they did.For Smeak, the dream of making a movie has always been there. He just did not recognize it until he realized that doing something creative for a job was obtainable.“It’s always been there," Smeak said. "It started the time in which I learned that ‘Oh, just because it is art and so abstract doesn’t mean that there’s not a path to it.’” Contact Micah Weathers miwethers@augusta.edu.