Robert Plutchik introduced the ‘Wheel of Emotions’ as an emotion clarification system in the 1980s. Similar to the colour wheel that we are so familiar with, the wheel of emotions demonstate how different emotions can be combined together.
Plutchik suggested that there are 8 primary emotional dimensions:
- Happiness Vs. Sadness
- Anger Vs. Fear
- Trust Vs. Disgust
- Surprise Vs. Anticipation
Like an aritsts mixes primary colours to create secondary ones, these primary emotions can be combined. For example, happiness and anticipation might combine to create excitement.
I have been exploring the idea of using the concept of the ‘wheel of emotions’ for my work. I have booked one of the photography studios for Tuesday to take some headshots of different facial expressions and will experiment with combining them on Photoshop CS6.
I have been really excited by ideas the last few days and finally feel like I’m returning to my usual self. I am waking up excited by ideas and possibilites but whats more is I have started putting in the action needed to make them happen.
We have 16 weeks left until Assesment day which means I have 16 weeks to prove to myself that I made the right decision 3 years ago.
