In Part Two you’ve produced a body of written and visual research and drawing exploring the themes identified in Part One. You should now conclude your work by reflecting on what you’ve learnt in Parts One and Two. Write about the development of both your research and creative skills, and identify what you think you’ve learnt from undertaking these exercises. Discuss how research has broadened your understanding of the creative process, and how exploring a range of different creative approaches to drawing and mark-making can help you to generate ideas
in response to a theme. Highlight areas of strength and any areas that you think require further development. You should aim to write approximately 500 words, and include this in your learning log.
This was a tricky journey that I have taken very quickly. merely dipping my toes into a range of processes and concepts for generating ideas has whetted my appetite for researching ways of developing thought processes.
I was particularly struck by the Martin Creed video
The main thing I have learnt is not to pre judge. The process of immersion in a task , being inquisitive, questioning and ready to experiment can yield results I couldn’t dream of – dreaming up ideas is a bit of a fallacy perhaps! It is a skill that can be honed,
I have quite a good understanding of critical reflection , my research for this assignment is not complete, currently a collection af annotated images and rough notes from many open tabs on my computer. I did not approach the research systematically but all at once and it blew my mind, brain fog, my short term memory just couldn’t cope I need to develop a strategy to cope with this. Currently I’m Using Microsoft notes as a swipe file to gather information, make notes and gather images but collation is proving complicated. It Is my priority for moving forward. It is clear that the research I have managed has been key to unlocking concepts and revelations so not committing enough focus to this will be a barrier to fully realising my progress.
My creative journey falls between , Tracey Emin strongly expressive of personal journey, highly emotional. Vs documentary/archaeological approach of Elise Engler.
After really enjoying MMT I felt very materials and process led but now see that the ideas and process led approaches have generated thought processes in ways I haven’t really considered. The pieces of work using collage resonated more , I guess this was more to do with manipulation of materials, also very colour and composition based. Words weren’t for me but actually the frottaged stitch sample was a favourite piece due the interesting surface texture, I wish I’d frottaged in white on a light background to further investigate the the shapes found.