What is even worse is I can see the shortcomings and strengths in the work of other students – more so now than ever but I can’t see the strengths within my own work (in the same way or that is at least how it feels to me).

The strange things that when I see some of the work the other students produce, what they present seems so obvious a solution (to me) that I would have dismissed it and tried something different. If anything I’m over-thinking my ideas, it is because I don’t have that basic artistic technical skill perhaps?

Maybe I express my perspective and experiences via a cynical and more subtle (or what I see as subtle?) approach, which is in fact just a one dimensional joke ?

With this website project I’ve just been stumbling along, hoping to be inspired and to be able to find something in me that causes that spark. Having said all this though I know that the one thing I have got from the graphics class is a more controlled understanding of the edit process (filtering the chaff from the wheat) so to speak. But at the moment its like I have two ends of a piece of string or two pieces of material hat need to be stitched together so you cannot see any knots or joins.

Talking a picture is easy (to me at least) I an visualize clearly how I want the image to look but trying to fill a blank page seems even more daunting than before. Admittedly my confidence is stronger and I can argue or justify or discuss my choices better but I still don’t feel anything graphically shows and any raw skill. I always feel my work falls short and lacks a certain connection or relevance – but I’m aware I often try to express something of me through humor or visual metaphore.