Alongside my work in the second year, I had been sitting for hours and creating drawings that I felt were intuitive and beyond thought. I was going to university in the day and tearing my hair out with a lack of inspiration and then I was going home or to a friends in the evening and drawing for hours.
I have realised since starting my third year that this was due to my preconceived ideas of what an artist should be doing and the way in which they should be working, I felt that I constantly had to have a theme and then produce the work from there and it really stopped me from producing any of my ideas.
Since realising it was due to my own preconceived ideas, it has made me realise that in fact the best work comes from just producing it, as while you are making the work you begin thinking about what it really means to you and the concepts behind it.
Although in chronological terms, I am going backwards with this post, I feel it is important for me to document this shift, a massive shift for me, so I can then update my blog as and when things are created or understandings emerge.
The photographs of my work attached to this post are from my second year.
