"Consciousness… does not appear to itself chopped up in bits…a “river” or “stream” are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described." --William James, Principles of Psychology.
Annotated bibliography:
James, William. Principles of Psychology. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1981.
William James (1842-1910) was an American psychologist and philosopher who was also a trained medical doctor. He wrote several books on what was at that time the young sciences of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism and philosophy of pragmatism.
In Principles of Psychology, James' wrote on his four methods of psychology: analysis, introspection, experiment and comparison. It was in this book that James created the term and theory stream of consciousness, which is "the continuous flow of sense‐perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and memories in the human mind."
How this topic relates to my work:
I have finally come to the conclusion that photographing students looking bored or frustrated while attempting to create art in a studio would be incredibly trite and not do justice in conveying my concept. Instead, I have decided to seek out students who feel disillusioned with art and interview them by asking them six questions in which they must respond by using the stream of consciousness writing method. My plan is to then string together their thoughts and create imagery from their answers. My expectation is that the resulting photographs will look highly surreal and abstract.
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