Recently I have been finding it hard to conjure up new ideas for the following units. After the motivation and overload of ideas coming from the last ones, starting fresh has been a challenge for me.
For example Final Major Project. Having the freedom to choose what I want to express and create was harder than I thought. The process of creating the brief was difficult and frustrating. My mind was swimming with potential ideas and excitement that I just couldn't convert into words.
The feeling of being unsettled and unmotivated worries me.
Hopefully it's just a phase.
This was the beginning of a potential post I started writing before breaking up for study week. Looking back on this has made me realise that feeling this way isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just a different take on the creative process.
Usually when I start a selection of units I instantly get bombarded with ideas on what I'm going to be producing, which does limit the room for development and new ideas. You can be too fixated on a certain route that you don't allow any questions and wonders to take place.
Over the past couple of months I've been trying to get ready for future education while also wanting to produce the best units I can. Hoping that they will be the cherry on top of a fantastic course.
I've started to realise where I am in my life at this moment. I have the ability to decide where I want to go next but it's not step in stone, unlike the years of school. The uncertainty of the future, what this year holds is frightening but exciting. Knowing that two words, yes or no will either open or close the gate to my hoped destinations. Of course there's other routes to take and just because a place has said no, doesn't mean you can't try next year!
Having this week off of college has given me time to reflect on these units and allow myself to naturally spark ideas whether it be while tidying up, having breakfast or ponding over things while in lying in bed.
For the past couple of weeks I've felt like I've been forcing inspiration and motivation. The outcome of that was getting even more frustrated while sitting there staring blankly at an empty sketchbook, just hoping something will appear!
Within this week off I've filmed a couple of videos. While filming throughout the day I gathered the footage up to create a simplified version of a day.
Having this week off of college has given me time to reflect on these units and allow myself to naturally spark ideas whether it be while tidying up, having breakfast or ponding over things while in lying in bed.
For the past couple of weeks I've felt like I've been forcing inspiration and motivation. The outcome of that was getting even more frustrated while sitting there staring blankly at an empty sketchbook, just hoping something will appear!
Within this week off I've filmed a couple of videos. While filming throughout the day I gathered the footage up to create a simplified version of a day.
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