Like everyone in their art practise, you want to 'home in' on what you are looking at, find some sort of a theme or running topic. I have been searching for that within my work for a long time, unsure on what it actually is that i am seeking. Nevertheless, i believe that i may have actually found it. I am interested generally in the psychology behind things, why we do certain things or don't, and what our mind thinks of these things.
I have recognised that i am looking at fear within my sculptures and imaginary scenes. But i think i want to explore this fear further and establish where it is derived from. You are not born with fear, so why do so many of us fear certain places, objects or feelings.
For example, in my current woodland scene, am i looking at the fear of death within it, the fear of being lost or the fear of abandonment?
I have got out quite a few books to start looking into these seemingly irrational thoughts.
One that I have started looking into is Ideas In Psychoanalysis, Paranoia. It talks about how in order for us to stay hidden from he fear within us and not to confront it, we project it onto something else, making us then fearful of an object, person, sound, situation, place. The more you connect to this fearful thing, the better, as you are keeping it in close contact and thought. Placing this delusion on an object/ thing , Freud claims, is part of the recovery and not an illness. Many want bad things to happen to them from their fear, so that they have justification for thinking in this way. People are deflecting and projecting.
Another interesting point made within this book is that Omnipotence is closely related to Paranoia.
I have recognised that i am looking at fear within my sculptures and imaginary scenes. But i think i want to explore this fear further and establish where it is derived from. You are not born with fear, so why do so many of us fear certain places, objects or feelings.
For example, in my current woodland scene, am i looking at the fear of death within it, the fear of being lost or the fear of abandonment?
I have got out quite a few books to start looking into these seemingly irrational thoughts.
One that I have started looking into is Ideas In Psychoanalysis, Paranoia. It talks about how in order for us to stay hidden from he fear within us and not to confront it, we project it onto something else, making us then fearful of an object, person, sound, situation, place. The more you connect to this fearful thing, the better, as you are keeping it in close contact and thought. Placing this delusion on an object/ thing , Freud claims, is part of the recovery and not an illness. Many want bad things to happen to them from their fear, so that they have justification for thinking in this way. People are deflecting and projecting.
Another interesting point made within this book is that Omnipotence is closely related to Paranoia.