This year, I want to be more organized. Last year, my project was all over the place. I went in wanting to accomplish a lot and had various ideas and approaches regarding what I wanted to do, but throughout the course of the year, my plans changed and I didn’t necessarily accomplish what I wanted to accomplish. I thought it would be easier to have it not as structured so I wouldn’t have to feel restricted, but I think that became more of a drawback than encouraging me to be more productive. Whether it be through some sort of a theme, either in subject matter or color or atmosphere, I think it would be better to follow some sort of guideline and structure to encourage myself to focus more and not lose motivation, which I think had a major impact on my project last year. I think having some sort of set goal instead of just doing whatever I want to do would be a better option for me. With this year’s project, I mainly want to take what I learned last year in terms of different mediums and experimenting around and apply it more.
Some goals for this year’s project
-Some sort of structure/theme
-Possible theme ideas that I’ve been thinking about since the start of last year’s project:
-Identity
-Nature (water???)
-Constraint
-Progress pics/speed paint videos to help document process
-Attempt to journal more frequently
-Not necessarily more pieces but show process of achieving pieces? (examples: small sketches, ideas, written notes, etc.)
-Include a page or have journal entries that highlight inspiration