Brainstorm 

·       Create a one-page mind map of possible ideas. Try to have ideas that are connected to yourself.

·       Choose one of these ideas that will be the overarching theme for your work for the next 2 years.

·       Create a one-page mind map of possible ideas within this idea. Ask yourself the question: What is the overall

theme/problem I wish to investigate?

Some words which can be a starting point for you. Research the ones which sound interesting to you or which ones spark some interesting visual imagery.

·     Restricted movement/Restriction

·      Materiality

·      Removing function of object

·      Scale

·      Wrapping/covering – identity

·      Deconstruction (and reconstruction)

·      Relationship between materials

·      Relationship between materials and body

·      Barriers

·      Assemblage

·      The ‘found’ object

·      Natural matter

·     Collage

·      Forms/voids in space

·      Manipulation of architecture

·      Extension

·      Site-specific installation

Your work could also be about an issue:

·       Social

·       Cultural

·       Political

·       Gender

·       Personal

·       Religious

·       Environmental

·       Philosophical

·       Objects and Symbols

·      Environment/Place

·      Identity/Self

·      Knowledge and Beliefs

·      Technology and Society

·      Time/Memory

·      Collecting and Classifying