As in the unit I have chosen to look at identity, I am also looking at what makes me, especially when it comes to approaching tasks. I know I am a structured, organised and not an experimental person. Once I have researched a subject I have distinct ideas I follow and rarely change my mind once it has set. Because of the demands to explore and experment during this unit I am looking down avenues I would normally avoid, such as absract art (which is influecning my body painting work) in the hope this improves on my weakness in preperation for level 6, giving me this body of work as my 'bible' to research and techniques that I am good/bad/alternate ways of working to help me cope with the demands that will be met.

 

I am purposfully not planning in great depth my body painting exploration of the mind, concept 3, as I want to test myself to see if i can explore the non-structured side of my own personalilty and make a successful piece of work and feel confident with thinking outside my own limitations.

 

Another aproach I have changed this unit is not cerating such a strick time plan. I have loosely planned my time for week to week, but no where near as in depth as I usually would have. I have done this so that I am freeing myself up to go in which ever way the research takes me. I have not made any plans for makeups untill my bulk body of research was complete. This is found very hard, to help me to not start planning everything as i research I did little experimentations along the way when I had an idea so i tested techniques/research before finalisting my concepts.

 

For my written side to this unit I have had to be more structure than for the pratical side, I gave mysefl a deadline where all the books suitable for the essay to be read and notes written. I felt if I left this to go with the flow I would not get it done within the time as I hate written work I would avoid it, so I needed more structure in this area.