October is coming, and the time for students to apply for art study abroad is getting closer and closer. Most foreign art colleges and universities have announced the DDL, and some colleges and universities have even advanced the application time. The Natural Light Teaching and Research Center should remind you that if you have been working hard for a long time and have achieved little, it may be that there is something wrong with your idea of creating your work collection. You can check yourself and give your portfolio a "physical examination". The teachers of the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center also gave some common difficult and miscellaneous diseases, described the symptoms of "patients", and gave solutions. The students "prescribe the right medicine" according to their own conditions.
01. Zero foundation confusion syndrome
[Name of drug] Sudden realization of chewable tablet
[Ingredients] Different majors are subdivided. (Taking the visual design major as an example) Components include: visual design overview, appreciation of excellent works, color psychology, creative collage, creative fonts, and book experiments. In addition to coating, it takes the form of basic art courses.
[Applicable crowd] ① Those who intend to apply for art undergraduate courses but have not contacted art related majors before; ② Undergraduate majors have nothing to do with art, 0 basic interdisciplinary applicants for master's degree; ③ Senior one or senior two, or senior one or senior two, who has enough time to consolidate the basic knowledge system.
[Dosage] Take orally. Take one tablet for 2 hours three times a week.
[Usage] According to the application plan given by the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center, basic courses can be taken outside of the time provided that a complete application cycle is ensured. Try to ensure sufficient preparation time for the portfolio.
[Adverse reaction] After class, the discomfort caused by failing to quickly improve the aesthetic and directly apply the theoretical basis to the creation method of the works collection is normal.
[Note] The concept of beauty is fluid, and the creation method changes with the theme of the work. Good aesthetic influences the creative thinking of works collection. The improvement of aesthetics requires constant accumulation and precipitation, constant breaking of inherent thinking, constant acceptance of new things' breakthrough in traditional aesthetics, challenges to one's own inertial thinking, and refining one's own understanding and commonness of different aesthetics.
[Expiration date] The longer after class, the more effective
[Taboos] Collection of works "success learning", copying excellent works
02. Theme selection phobia
[Name of drug] Quick decision oral liquid
[Ingredients] Self confidence, courage, self-consciousness
[Applicable people] often choose Collection Theme When I feel extremely difficult or overly dependent on others' opinions. Whenever a decision has to be made among several choices, he shows panic, panic or even sweating, and finally he is unable to make a choice, resulting in fear of the selected theme to some extent.
[Dosage] Take orally. 15ml (each bottle) three times a day.
[Usage] It takes effect 30 minutes after taking it. Within the validity period, immediately choose what is happening to you or what is happening around you. It can be a book, a movie, an idea, an emotion, a relationship with family, etc.
[Adverse reaction] Self doubt after overconfidence leads to dizziness and dizziness. At the same time, I was surprised by my sudden courage and decisiveness and then talked to myself. These are normal phenomena.
[Note] In the works, such grand topics as racial discrimination, political human rights, feminism and environmental protection are too general and difficult to go deep into. Forcible profundity will lead to a collision with other students' propositions, and the content tends to be homogenized, without a foothold or insightful conclusion, which often leads to inconsistent titles.
[Expiry date] Within 2 hours after taking
[Taboo] Gentle and decisive, five times and three times
03. Anxiety in the creation process
[Drug name] Shenxianyiding Soft Capsule
[Composition] Thinking structure, creative method, interdisciplinary
[Applicable crowd] It is suitable for people who have no anxiety, restlessness, or autonomic dysfunction symptoms of a clear objective object in the process of making a collection of works. People who often have palpitations, shaking hands and restless movements in the studio for no reason. Note: distinguish normal anxiety. If the severity of anxiety is obviously inconsistent with the objective facts or situations, or the duration is too long, it may be pathological anxiety.
[Dosage] Take orally. Take one capsule once a day for one continuous course of treatment.
[Usage] Taking architectural space design and design innovation as an example, referring to the six major departments extracted from natural light, the interdisciplinary practical thinking structure "chemical molecular formula" (subdivided according to different majors): analyze whether there are missing steps in the creation process, and check whether the creation logic is complete against each link of this idea. recommend: How to make a portfolio? How to analyze yourself in the creation of works?
Thinking Structure Diagram of Natural Light Interdisciplinary Practice Course
[Adverse reaction] The time spent in the collection of works has accumulated to a certain extent. Most people will feel tired physically and mentally and aesthetic fatigue when they frequently contact the research content. Efficiency has declined and enthusiasm has gradually faded. These are normal phenomena.
[Note] (Take the UK as an example) An application cycle is about more than one year. Generally, when you first prepare your portfolio, you will carefully prepare it. Spend a lot of time researching and analyzing data. But the first work should not take too long. Make a plan to balance the volume and integrity of several works as much as possible.
[Expiration date] If you are lucky in the whole application cycle, you will not forget
[Taboo] Worry
04. Late deep procrastination
[Drug name] Lei Li Feng Xing Sustained Release Tablets
[Ingredients] Self confidence, execution and sense of achievement
[Applicable crowd] ① It is applicable to those who fail to self regulate in the process of making a collection of works, and know that the consequences are serious, but still want to postpone the planned work. ② Procrastination is accompanied by self blame, guilt, self denial, anxiety, depression and other psychological feelings.
[Usage] ① Amplify the advantages and increase the successful experience to obtain the effect of self-confidence through appropriate positive self suggestion. ② Find a suitable environment, participate in cooperation and discuss more. Group atmosphere will cause changes in individual behavior. ③ After a period of tension, you can change your mood through proper rest, diversion, and proper entertainment.
[Dosage] One tablet each time, morning and evening.
[Adverse reaction] You can stay up late but not get up early. Procrastination patients sleep and wake up late. The result of barely getting up early is that you spend the morning in drowsiness, and class is the most sober time in the evening. If you persist for more than two days, you will feel hollowed out. These are normal phenomena.
[Note] There is a positive correlation between perfectionism and procrastination. Perfectionism can be positive or negative, so negative perfectionists will use procrastination to avoid failure. This kind of escape may also come from the lack of confidence in ability or the early frustration of the work collection, thus constantly delaying the completion of the task. In addition, some objective factors delayed the start of the work; The delay was aggravated by the interruption of other activities.
[Expiry date] within 12 hours
[Taboo] Escape from reality and self paralysis
05. Perfectionism obsessive-compulsive disorder
【 Drug name 】 Xingyun Liushui Granules
[Ingredients] Security, praise, courage
[Applicable crowd] It is suitable for people who always suspect that they are not doing a good job due to excessive pursuit of the integrity and perfect results of their works, or have always grasped their past mistakes. It is manifested in people who are not important at this stage, or even have forced thinking and behavior against their own inner things or details.
[Dosage] Take it with warm water. One bag three times a day.
[Usage] Before officially entering the stage of making a collection of works, wash it with warm water. During the efficacy period, make a time schedule as detailed as possible, preferably accurate to days or hours. Follow the plan in the later period, check the progress regularly, and don't let yourself get stuck in details. People with symptoms such as anxiety and restlessness., Keep making up and recalling the past.
[Adverse reaction] At the beginning, you may feel weak limbs and aching all over because you cannot adapt to the new work rhythm. I kept doubting myself, even whether the previous decision to study abroad was correct. These are normal phenomena.
[Precautions] Strengthen process awareness, emphasize integrity and grasp progress. Assess your workload and work content according to the actual situation, adjust the course arrangement, and adjust the rhythm of daily work. Communicate more with students to stimulate inspiration.
[Expiry date] 24 hours
[Taboo] Self denial, inexplicable anxiety
06. Time management obstacles
[Drug name] Well ordered ointment
[Ingredients] Alarm clock, watch, timer
[Applicable population] People with weak time concept, weak time management ability, and multiple symptoms of procrastination, anxiety, etc.
[Usage] Apply proper amount of ointment to temples evenly, and massage for 30 seconds until fully absorbed. Advantages: ① Fully consider the creation plan and determine the time cycle and method. Divide a creation plan into several small goals that are easy to achieve. ② The project of showing interdisciplinary knowledge and conducting interdisciplinary cooperation is very popular with examiners. Therefore, cooperation with others to complete works with high difficulty can improve the efficiency of the collection of works and increase the offer rate at the same time.
[Dosage] External application. Not less than 3 times a day.
[Precautions] ① Learn experience from the projects you are satisfied with, refer to the internal logic of excellent cases to screen the following projects you are working on, and in short, find out and fill in gaps. ② Set short, medium and long-term goals according to the priorities, and then make a plan to achieve the goals day by day, allocate the limited time and energy, and strive for the highest efficiency. ③ Use notes and memos to allocate time and energy during busy times, record tasks to be completed in a short time and some daily inspiration. Make a schedule for a long time and a short time, and check the completion regularly.
[Adverse reaction] Strict implementation of this method has its advantages. However, due to the overemphasis on efficiency, the time is very full, and the nerves are highly concentrated for a long time, causing physical discomfort. These are normal phenomena.
[Valid until] Within the whole application cycle
[Taboo] A tiger's head and a snake's tail make trouble from nothing
Although we used funny expressions, we talked about serious topics. The teachers of the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center, relying on years of work experience and interviews with students who have completed the application, summarized some errors that may occur in the process of preparing the work collection for students, analyzed the reasons, and also gave corresponding suggestions to avoid detours in the critical period of preparing the work collection for students.
The application is imminent, and the DDL of Dream School is getting closer and closer. Students should grasp the progress, evaluate their workload and work content according to the actual situation, adjust the curriculum, and make up for the time wasted in the first half of the year and the impact of the epidemic.
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