personal made public/creative publishing brief – 2-5-17

Today we received our final brief of the semester. I think I’m leaning towards personal made public and it is very open ended and basically consists of us exploring a topic we find interesting and create a brief from that. I see it as a personal project that I can make fun and interesting but still have it count towards my assessment. My initial thoughts are to actually focus on the idea of personal becoming public, as thats a theme I’ve been thinking about recently, specifically around the topic of mental health and vulnerability when it comes to sharing feelings.

I recently watched a series called Happy Man, where comedian Jack Rooke looks into mens mental health. He explores a few different mens approaches to dealing with their depression and anxiety. It got me thinking about how everyone has different coping mechanisms, some that work, some that are more habits than mechanisms, and how can we differentiate a mechanism from a habit. I’d like to explore this idea, and I’ve kind of touched on physical habits as a result of anxiety in my semiotics project, and I’ve really enjoyed that so I’m excited to continue this exploration.

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