As the semester gets more involved, I find myself increasingly panicky about what on earth I am going to write about in my thesis. I know deeply the reasons why I want to do this, but putting it concisely on paper, much less making it something concretely research-able, is a task for which I do not feel prepared for.
I had been thinking about how we study art. How when we see an artwork, we not only look at it, but we also use our imagination to see into it, or through it, in order to see the view of the artist, to understand the artist's perspective of the world. Basically, we try interpret it: what it is to the artist, then what it means to us. This may help us in creating our values... when we look, and see, and understand the other's perspective, (the artist in this case) it changes our perspectives and opens us to values that we might not have realized or been able to give voice to ourselves.
I don't know how to put this kind of thought into concrete research, and it's making me frustrated.
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This sounds like a really personal and inspired place to start thinking about your thesis research. Keep pushing this idea -- write down as many questions as you can that get at it from lots of different angles. Consider various applications or specific artworks or activities that could deal with this concept. Jot down lists of words that you associate with this process/phenomenon and then branch out with more associated words from there. It's okay for it to be fuzzy at first! You'll get there! :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really personal and inspired place to start thinking about your thesis research. Keep pushing this idea -- write down as many questions as you can that get at it from lots of different angles. Consider various applications or specific artworks or activities that could deal with this concept. Jot down lists of words that you associate with this process/phenomenon and then branch out with more associated words from there. It's okay for it to be fuzzy at first! You'll get there! :)
ReplyDeleteinteresting idea for a thesis. from my own work with schools and kids, and trying to make contemporary art more accessible though, i would ask how we even get to these questions you're posing for audiences who don't find art accessible. they have a hard time grasping any interest or perspective in certain kinds of work and have a very narrow perception/definition of art. helping them see differently is a huge challenge, but also an incredibly rewarding one.
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