This is the major problem I've been having with this body of work. I always seem to have too many ideas, and there are always an infinite number of possibilities... which makes it really hard for me to make up my mind! I understand that I'm responsible for every conceptual and artistic choice I make, and each will have its own impact upon the success or failure of the work. I feel the need to make these choices with as much insight and intention as I possibly can, in order to serve the work - and in turn let it serve my audience - in the best possible way. Consequently, I have been struggling for weeks to figure out just what I want this work to "say" and how I want it to say it... which will be the driving force for other artistic choices that I will make. I have spent many, many hours reading, thinking, researching, and brainstorming - filling up pages and pages with notes, sketches, and ideas. I have had lots of great conversations with thoughtful people who have offered me valuable insights to think about. And I have scrapped a lot of pretty good stuff along the way to where I am now, which has been really hard for me.
A few days ago, I felt a whole bunch of stuff start to come together for me, and I was feeling really great about this project and what the next developments should/would be. And now - when I had just begun to think that I had finally resolved my major conceptual/content challenges - the critique has made me start to rethink. Everything. Again. (Oh well.)
As David Crystal wrote, "There are always risks when we use words."
