I'm not happy with the direction in which my project is going. I'm feeling uninspired by the Tropical Rainforest topic. I know that inspiration is what you make it and that I can make this project as interesting as I want to, but I am just stuck on this feeling that I made the wrong choice, just as I felt I did with the typology project. I don't want regret to pull my back and restrict my artwork.
I am regretting my decision and if I don't make an act on it now I will be stuck for the remainder of this project.
At the last review, I saw other people enjoying the circus theme and producing really exciting drawings. I usually shy away from topics that other people are doing, wanting to be doing a unique subject that I have no one to compete with, but I know I would take it in a different direction than they are. My circus would be unique to me.
(Above: a few of my collection of old negatives. These were someone's holiday photos that I bought from a Carboot stall,)
I've been reading macabre, circus themed books and collecting images about the circus, even though this was not my chosen topic. I think that there is more content that I can tell stories about regarding the circus than a rainforest. I'm more interested in the history and about learning about the circus than I am about rainforests.
I've been watching American Horror Story - Freak Show and reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (filled with found photographs of Victorian children in strange outfits, doing contortions and performing.
I want to put the knowledge I already have of the circus to use. I want to learn more about what I'm interested in and make art that reflects this.
I'm changing my topic. I hope it's not too late but I think that the passion I carry for this theme will help me push through to catch up and visit the previous sketchbooks with my new theme.
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