Charlene De La Cruz Illustration and Visual Media Since the world has stopped moving, the creative industry has turned virtual. I know that it is quite a bold statement, but I think that the creative industry has somewhat kept the world entertained during this current Pandemic crisis. However, many elements of the creative industry have been positively and negatively affected during this time. I think that there is so much controversy with Arts Schools as “Online Art School is not Art School”. Art students are having to use limited resources and Final year students are not able to do their best on their Final Major Project and Degree Show. I think that Art school students have been severely affected as they are extremely limited in what they can do due to closed workshops and it is unfair on the students. I think that they should be compensated in some way as Artists are very expressive in work and obviously, in this circumstance, they are very trapped. However, having said that, many corporations are offering online courses and classes to help people have opportunities to learn something new especially with the time we have. This is beneficial for Analogue Artists as they could improve their skills digitally if they wanted to explore a different way of working. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/banksy-coronavirus-social-distancing-1202684321/ The Creative Industry has been positively affected by this current situation as Artists have been producing work on the situation. This has given artists a motive and they are responding with standout Art Projects. “Artists have been forced to come up with new and creative ways to engage with the public. Many names like Banksy, Damien Hirst, and Ai Weiwei have taken to Instagram to give their followers a glimpse into how they’re handling the pandemic”. These Street Art influencers have inspired likewise Artists to do the same and make work influenced by this Pandemic. I have noticed through Social Media and talking to peers that people have been overthinking a lot during self- isolation. Some peoples Mental Health have been badly affected by this self-isolation period as they feel alone and a lot of people, like myself, depend on friends and family around them for support. However, I think that the world has come together so well that people have not been feeling so alone by Video calls and staying in touch with loved ones. There are many campaigns that have been trying to support the public such as #Alone Together. I find it amazingly crazy how the whole world has come together to support one another. I have been reading Researching Your Own Practice: The Discipline of Noticing which is a book by John Mason. This has made me reflect as a practitioner and someone who is not particularly good at reflecting on themselves on a regular basis. The book is about how we can turn “noticing” into a way of professional development through approaching it differently. This could also be used as a form of research and especially “researching yourself”. Researching yourself has been a major element of self-isolation in this Pandemic. We are all having to develop our own practices whether it is Art or Personal and think of “ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your professional practice” especially in this current Pandemic Crisis. I think that the Discipline of Noticing is truly relevant to the current situation and I think many people are going through it. There are methods in which enhances the sensitivity to notice opportunities that can be freshly acted on in the future. There was a phrase in the book that stuck out for me which was “At the heart of all practices lies noticing: noticing an opportunity to act appropriately”. This stuck with me as it is something I have been going through lately as I have had time to reflect on my future opportunities. Everyone is having to adapt and starting to notice elements and opportunities in life that we have been taking advantage of before Quarantine and how we can reflect and change in the future when we are no longer in Lockdown. I have been using this current situation as a time to catch up on work. I have unfinished projects I have always wanted to develop and as most of them are digital, I am taking this opportunity to finish them. This is also leading me into developing on skills I have always wanted to have such as experimenting with different Illustrative styles and seeing how I could fit my skills into one niche style. During this self-isolation period, I have had to become more independent as I have been working from home. It has been a struggle to balance home and work life as there are many distractions. I am a type of worker that normally gets more work done at a library or university, however, I am starting to get used to the routine of being productive at home. This has made me more responsible with time and has improved my work ethic. I have also realised that this is helping me improve my skills of being a freelancer as this might be my new creative environment in the future when I have briefs that I need to do from home. I think that having limited resources for physical work and having to be more creative with what I have at home has been one way my current practice has adapted to a new creative environment. I have been doing a lot of experiments with household objects in between reflecting on recent projects through blogs and I find it refreshing when I just experiment without having a pressure of making something good. I also have been using the Opportunities that many establishments have been offering some Online Courses which I think is key to keeping motivated during this difficult time. I want to learn about software and editing videos as I am always trying to find a way of broadening some projects and outcomes as I am competing with people with amazing talent and skills.
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