First month of 2025!
A bit of a challenging month for me 🙁
The month was extremely difficult for me as I was going through a very difficult time in my life and found myself in a very bad place for a long time. Therefore, this week I decided to have a wholesome week and spend it with my sister and her boyfriend who came to visit me from home. Watching movies, walk in the lanes and the beach, gym, reading, cosy cafes, card games, everything we got up to. I loved every moment I spent with the family and actively trying to change my mindset and daily habits I had gotten into while being extremely upset. As a result, I was unable to focus on university work final major project.
Going further, while developing my ideas for the fmp I realised that I was not enjoying the work I was producing. I could not develop my ideas further and most importantly was not having fun while creating. I was extremely confused and felt completely lost at some point in December. Therefore, I decided to come up with a mind map of everything I enjoy doing. Doing the mind map allowed me to understand what I enjoy working on creatively, what am I truly passionate about and would like continue after graduation. Likewise, going into the final major project I reflected on all my previous work and statement of intent to demonstrate how I came come to my current decision and what led me to it. This is when I had the a-HAA’ moment and was able to narrow down my options for a new idea: skin, styling, Indian culture and heritage.
Researching cook books…
I headed to Waterstones to take a look at few different cook books in store. I had made a list of factors I was particularly interested looking at which includes: layout, style of writing, colour palette, visuals and the recipes and methods. Each author was specific to their needs and shared a different frame of work in terms of design and writing. While one was very minimal and simplistic the other was bright and bold. Visiting the store and looking at different books motivated me to be a bit more experimental with the colour palette and making the recipes more detailed.