I had two relatively separate ideas whose direction I was unsure of. Firstly, I wanted to take instructions from a "non-artist" and put time and effort into ideas that they may not have put much thought into. I was questioning whose thoughts and opinions regarding the creation of art were more "valid." This was in response to the fact that people who were not art students seemed to treat my half-arsed doodles with more respect than their own half-arsed doodles, while I valued their doodles because I found whoever drew them interesting as people. I was thinking about ideas like carving other people's doodles into stone (which may be difficult, practically, but I'd still like to try it), or making elaborate oil paintings out of them. I had various related ideas, such as somehow immortalising people's Facebook statuses, which are generally casually written and not intended to be taken seriously.
Alongside planning this, I was creating little magical-looking worlds and happy, childlike images out of "strange" objects such as scalpel blades. I like the challenge of incorporating practical and slightly unpleasant-looking objects into bright, happy things, retaining the contrast but aiming for some sort of coherence. However, I was slightly concerned that my choice of objects would just project the aura of trying too hard to be controversial, so when someone in Friday's artist salon mentioned that it could all possibly seem slightly contrived, I couldn't disagree.
I think the perfect solution would be to get other people to choose the objects. That way I am working with or against any kind of "ugliness" or "beauty" or "crudeness" or "maturity" they present, not anything I have chosen for myself. This sort of links the two ideas, and maintains my theme of avoiding censorship for the sake of honesty (which is more childlike).
