Roché
Rabie
Thinking About Thinking
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Do you think your mind works as Kirby Ferguson outlines in his short video?
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In Ferguson's video he suggests that there are 4 stages to creating an idea.
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1. Create Boundaries (find a specific topic for your idea)
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2. Consume Everything (gather resources and research)
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3. Digest Research (arrange ideas, fill yourself with knowledge)
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4. Drop it (take a break from the idea)
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I believe that my mind does not follow these steps chronologically. i like to think of my brain as the world from Alice in Wonderland as a lot of times my thoughts don't make sense, but in the end when it all comes together it does.
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When planning large art projects my mind would follow steps 1-3 of Ferguson's model. however it does the opposite of step 4 and continuously mulls over ideas relating to the topic.
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How do ideas ‘occur’ for you?
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For generating ideas quickly I think of experiences, images and sounds relating to the topic and make a combination of past experiences and current ideas to generate an idea.
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Many of the topics I choose my paintings to be about I have already gathered prior knowledge or experiences before as it is easier for me to use them.
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Do they come ‘fully formed’?
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When generating ideas I sometimes experiences "overloads" where parts of possible ideas are poured into my brain. When this happens its often hard to sieve through all the ideas and I often categorise them in my head to go through them faster. I often mix two or more ideas together to get an initial/final idea
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Do they change as you work on them and refine them?
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When ideas come into my head, often times there are specific elements of the idea I like and other that I do not. When this occurs I take the elements I do like form many ideas and try to combine them. From there onwards I pick and choose parts depending on the elements I like or think are practical.
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Are they ‘foggy and indistinct’ and then become more definite as you work with them?
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Sometimes my ideas can be foggy, but with continuos thought the fog is soon blown away and reveals "fireworks" AKA my idea. However many times as I am working on my final piece my ideas would still change add I would need to add or take away elements from the piece.
