Left, Right or Onwards?

As time has marched on at a pace I now find myself at a crossroads.  Three potential themes have merged from my mind mapping and research, namely, totems, death masks and the sun, specifically its rise and fall.

  

Each of these themes have been represented in various forms across many belief systems and throughout all of human history.  It is strange how the movement of mankind, and their development in isolation can result in common elements to their societies growth, such as face masks of the Mayans, the Maoris, the Egyptians and Victorian Britain.

 

My next step is to explore each of these themes in terms of my artistic expression of what the research means to me and how I can express each of the themes in a contemporary style.  Equally, I would like to consider how each area of development could be perceived two hundred or two thousand years from now; why do we assume we understand what a jade figure represents to an ancient civilisation, it is the best guess of archaeologists based on their interpretation of the facts they unearth.  So, what would the archaeologist of tomorrow make of my art pieces and, more importantly, what will they convey about my life well after my death.

I am loving this brief.

Okay the, lets start venturing in all directions, left, right and onwards...