STUDY TASK 8: rationale

I have been quite stuck on what to create for my practical work as I found it difficult thinking of an original idea. I am now thinking that i'd like my own practical to be similar to the illustrators work I have looked at and spoken about in my essay, and I want to try and portray mental health and mental illness in my own interpretation, using my own feelings to guide me. I'm unsure on the media I want to use yet, but I am thinking about something quite simple, such as line drawing or collage or maybe even a combination of the two. It's difficult to know how to portray mental health visually, as I think abstract concepts don't really work. I think they need to be quite simple and to the point, which is something i'll try and get across in my visual journal.