Thursday, 18 August 2016

Dissertation Mind Mapping

Okay so I really want to do well with this module this year and it's really important that I don't just choose something without thinking about it. I'm taking it back to the drawing board and mind mapping so that I can figure out what interests I have and which will actually help my practice. The whole idea of synthesis between my written and practical work means it should reflect the kind of work I want to be producing.
So far I've just been coming up with ideas of topics that are vaguely interesting to me, but none of which I want to illustrate.

Analogue methods
Printmaking
Etching / woodblock
Craftsmanship
Historical elements
Taxidermy
Perceptions of life / death
Demons / mythology
How myth is used to explain the unknown

I've started a sketchbook, and I'm going to be really open with it to begin with in order to be able to focus in on what's really interesting me and grabbing my attention.

The first page is a mind map in order to establish a starting point. I'm going to be more direct in choosing where I'm going so that I don't waste any more time. It may seem as though I've wasted a fair amount up until now, but I knew I'd get to this point... And I'd always rather find something I genuinely want to do, and have a bit more pressure on me in regards to time management, than have all the time in the world on a subject I'm not that interested in or psyched to be researching. It's my fault obviously for picking something rubbish to begin with, but I'm feeling more positive now that I'll really be getting stuck into something I care more about.


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