The essay, due to choosing a topic I was genuinely interested
in, wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. I think the level of research I carried out
enabled me to make an informed approach to it which made it less difficult to
tackle. I did struggle to start it. For me, working systematically when writing
is essential, I have to start at the beginning and go on from there. I found that
the most difficult line was the first one, but once I got past that, it seemed
a little more achievable.
I find it really useful to make a solid plan. The more I
plan, the easier it is for me to keep a flow of writing. On my blog I have made
a post for each text I read, I then went back into it again to highlight key
quotes and points that could be useful for the essay (the green highlights of
these posts do not need to be read, they are purely for my own benefit). I then
filtered through this once again and created a document of quotes and references
I could use. These were colour-coded in terms of author, which turned out to be
super helpful. I also added to my Bibliography as I went along, which I’m proud
of as this is usually something I forgot to do and panic about last-minute
(this left room to panic about other things).
My first essay draft wasn’t a full one. I did as much as I could,
and the feedback received was really useful and helped when writing the rest of
the essay. It need to be restructured, and I realised at that point that there
were three main points I was discussing within the essay- reduction,
organisation and metaphor and this allowed to me to clearly outline each one
and make better connections between them. When it came to my next draft, I was slightly more
confident about it. I still have a habit of panicking about things like this because
I doubt myself a lot, but I have tried my best to write something clear,
concise and analytical.
I found the practical section much easier to write about as I
was talking about my own work and all of the ideas that went into making each
one. As they are extremely simple, its probable that some element that I have thought
about and put effort into will be overlooked, but I hope that the images demonstrate
the ideas and theories discussed in the essay well as the whole project has
been huge a learning experience. The central processes outlines will always be
in the back of my mind when creating reductive shaped-based design.
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