Life // Heading Back To Uni
Monday, September 07, 2015 |
Today I started back at Uni for which was the last first day of doing my Undergraduate course in Visual Communications and Media Designs! Okay, yeah fair enough, I technically only had my first day last year at Uni since I've done a 2+2 but that's not the point!
Anyway, this year is going to be BIG! It means doing my Honors project and needing to start looking for a real job in the real worlds which also means working on my portfolio and even more so (hopefully) a website at some point!
But, this isn't a blog post...rant about the future, it's about the now and what I'm doing this year! So since I'm away to start doing my Honors project I've been thinking about different topics or areas to look into to focus my project on. At the moment I'm thinking of basing it off my #Create365 project (it is still happening!) and looking into some areas that have been highlighted to me even more since starting this like Art Therapy, Adult Colouring Books, zentangles and mandalas.
I'm not entirely 100% on how I'm going to focus this but I have been thinking of along the lines of "How does the creation within art and design factor into the happiness of people" or something along those lines. If I focus on this kind of question I want to see how people feel after doing things like just normal creative things and seeing how much their mood changes during the process of it. But I also want to focus on how as a person, a creative, student and designer can mix these things together and produce design work that I am happy with (and can fit in my portfolio well) too as there have been plenty projects over the past 3 years that I haven't liked the final outcome.
Anyhoo, these are just kind of initial thoughts and thoughts I will need to add to my Honours Project blog soon! But I'll update here maybe in a few weeks, in the mean time I'll be doing my main updating of my project over at: www.LH-honoursproject.tumblr.com/
I'm not entirely 100% on how I'm going to focus this but I have been thinking of along the lines of "How does the creation within art and design factor into the happiness of people" or something along those lines. If I focus on this kind of question I want to see how people feel after doing things like just normal creative things and seeing how much their mood changes during the process of it. But I also want to focus on how as a person, a creative, student and designer can mix these things together and produce design work that I am happy with (and can fit in my portfolio well) too as there have been plenty projects over the past 3 years that I haven't liked the final outcome.
Anyhoo, these are just kind of initial thoughts and thoughts I will need to add to my Honours Project blog soon! But I'll update here maybe in a few weeks, in the mean time I'll be doing my main updating of my project over at: www.LH-honoursproject.tumblr.com/
22 comments
Good luck going into your final year, Lauren! Also that sounds like a super interesting question to base your studies around – I find it amazing how my relationship with my work can give me such emotional highs and lows, and I'm sure so many others will have lots of interesting stories to share regarding their own experiences!
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Thank you so much Robyn! I'm glad you think so, just hope my Uni lecturers like the idea of it as well! x
DeleteGood luck with everything :) I'm sure you'll do great! xx
ReplyDeleteLife of Anna S
Thank you! :) xx
DeleteGood luck with your final year! I hope that your final project goes well, it sounds like a very interesting subject x
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Thank you very much! :) x
DeleteSounds super exciting and scary at the same time, I hope this year goes well for you & your honours project goes fabulously. Also, I will be interested to see how your Art Therapy/Colouring book question turns out, something that I am also interested in.
ReplyDeleteJodie | a-textile-perspective.blogspot.co.uk
Thank you! I shall let you know when I get the answers! ;)
Deleteooo good luck! i really do like the initial thoughts on this. enjoy the final year! i miss uni :(
ReplyDeleteThank you! I think I'll probably miss it when I finish too! :(
Deleteyour project idea sounds so interesting! you can definitely focus on how creation of art and design makes people happier/relaxed etc, but also there's good counter arguments like when people aren't satisfied with their own work and how that can be stressful! i wish you the best of luck! x
ReplyDeleteThank you! and yeah that's very true! Definitely be something I'll have to think about at some point x
DeleteEnjoy! Uni was the best time of my life xx
ReplyDeleteGlossy Boutique
I'll try to! :D xx
DeleteYour project sounds really cool! And I so know what you mean about this year being crazy. This semester I'm writing my history senior thesis, next semester I have to write my english senior thesis, and after that boom real world time. So scary and exciting all at once!
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Thank you so much! Oh wow that is incredible! Make sure you give yourself some free time! :) x
DeleteOoh good luck with the project Lauren, it sounds so cool!! And good luck with the final year of course, i'll be keeping up to date with you on here and can't wait to see how it all turns out! xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Amy! :D xxx
DeleteGood luck this year! It is such a scary but really exciting time!
ReplyDeleteSarah xx
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Thank you! It really is as well! :) xx
DeleteGood luck with uni x
ReplyDeleteHeather | Of Beauty & Nothingness x
Thank you! :) x
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