Assignment 2: Sharing Methods

Assignment 2 – Documentation & Studio Forum Contribution

Title: “A Bird from Afar” – Narrating through Photography and Poetry

Medium: Mixed media – original photography and written narrative

Concept: This piece reflects my experience of adaptation during my time in China. It was the spark that initiated my creative momentum, using real-life moments, images I captured myself, and poetic language to reflect emotional transition and cultural discovery.

Discussion Prompts for the Forum

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the following:

  • What sustainable methods or creative routines help you stay connected to your practice during emotionally or physically turbulent times?
  • Do you follow any structure when developing an idea across mediums (text, photo, sound)?
  • How do you decide when a piece of work feels complete or ready to be shared?
  • Have you found that personal emotional experiences (like longing, displacement, love) fuel your creativity? If so, how do you channel them productively?

Reflection on Feedback & Experience

Presenting my work in the forum will initially be daunting, but it will offer clarity. Working on my projects made me realise that:

  • Personal work resonates universally when it’s sincere.
  • My mixture of narrative voice and visuals worked best when I trusted instinct over overthinking.
  • Peer feedback helped me see layers in my work I hadn’t consciously placed.

Reading and viewing others’ work reminded me that every artist carves their own path. Still, common threads — like reflecting on the everyday, using metaphor, and pushing through self-doubt — seem to unify our practices.

One-to-One Creative Exchange

I aim to share visual and written works. Discuss the emotional process of creating “Aeolus and Nausicaä” and “Penelope in Me” — poems born from emotional turbulence and longing. I look forward to my peers’ responses, which will offer their own take on how emotional distance influences their visual work. We talked about:

  • Using recurring metaphors as emotional anchors.
  • Struggling with consistency during personal transitions.
  • The role of vulnerability in shaping an authentic voice.

This conversation will validate the emotional weight of my work and encourage me to continue using deeply personal experiences as material, not just inspiration.

Next Steps & Building Forward

  • Expand the “Odyssey of Self” theme into a poetic photo series.
  • Create mixed-media stories.
  • Use voice recordings as future layering to my narrative pieces.
  • Explore collaborations with students across disciplines — maybe a visual artist responds to one of my poems or vice versa.