My visual diary and folio for SM&M consists of the following:
one grey notebook where ideas for new art works, reflections, sketches, articles and images are hand-noted and kept (visual diary)
3 pin boards where questions and ideas are noted and where articles, images, articles, clippings etc are affixed .(visual diary)
an online research channel where i collect/organise images, articles, videos, files etc which can be easily accessed at any time (visual diary - see are.na link below)
website page where reflections on process; reflections on resolved work; documentation of process for each individual project / art work resolved is noted (visual diary - see below)
website page where documentation of photographed resolved work is filed/kept (folio - see below)
My suggestion is to begin here on this website page and scroll down moving from one section to the next. I’ll also occasionally point you to things to refer to beyond this website page (ie; my grey notebook or one of the three pinboards).
While I initially began using the notebook as my only visual diary this changed as the semester progressed and I gradually found myself using it less and less and the pinboards and this website page more and more. I’ve found that having a dedicated website page within which to progressively add links, photos of process and resolved work , reflections on process, videos etc, an easier way of recording things and then sharing my thinking and work with others at a later stage. I’m still developing a method that works for me and suspect that things will be refined further as I progress into semester two, but this is a start.
The total word count for this page is over 3000 words. I haven’t counted words written in the grey notebook or x 3 pinboards.
VISUAL DIARY (research channel)
Most of my online related research for SMMA, including readings and videos, is organised in a “channel” I’ve created on Are.na and includes several 100 links to date. This channel is currently shared with my CAP subject but I’ll be looking to develop a separate channel for SMMA in semester 2. Most of these links have been read or viewed at some stage or have been saved here for future reference. Occasionally I print a particular reading or image, re-read things, highlight passages of interest, write notes on the printed reading and then either glue or staple it into my notebook or affix it to one of my pinboards https://www.are.na/share/CJNxZNS
VISUAL DIARY (reflections on process and resolved work; documentation of process)