so much thinking

It has taken me a while to get back in to the swing of things. This semester, however, seems to be a little more difficult. But the past 2 days I have had the flu and have had over 48 hours of solidarity to think about things. These "things" have overwhelmed my brain to its fullest capacity and I still have not come to a conclusion about anything. I have been thinking non stop about what i want to do this semester, as i know it is supposed to be a continuation of last semester, but i feel my circumstances have left me at a dead end...again. However, i am going to use this situation to really become enlightened and take everything i have done in the past and go beyond it. I want to discover new artists and perhaps go in a different direction, but at the same time make sure my work has its same aesthetic and emotional feel. last semester i wanted to provoke deep emotion in the audience, something i never really tried before, and i was very successful...so this semester and in the future i want to create more than just emotion. I want to create interactions, physical and mental reactions. I had a very enlightening and empowering week last week. I was introduced and exposed to different forms of art and artists. It was amazing to be around music and musicians to see how different people react and define art. I have been so focused on photography that i have not really opened up to other forms of art. Spending time in the recording studio really made me wnat to explore every option out there...because i can. I have recently become really interested in video art with sound. I feel like that coincides with photography and text like i did last year. So this is an opportunity for me to take what i know and what i am leaning and completely putting it into either a still film that accompanies photographs or just a film, but as of right now this is the direction i want to take my art.