When I entered phase 2, the first reaction I was given was one of hesitation, I needed to choose one of the four to continue deeper into the topic in the little time I had. I had acquired many keywords in the previous phase, but it took a more rational and considered judgement to choose one of them to move forward.
In the end, I chose INTUITION as the direction to continue my research, and it was also a result of my considered judgement, because when I looked back at these keywords, it never made me feel excluded. For example, the keywords chase or puzzle seem to be very powerful at the beginning, but the more I delve into them, the more I feel that there is not much room for development, and the forms of expression are relatively single. In contrast, intuition always gives me room for continuous thinking, and there are many ways to express it, which is why I haven’t given up on it.
In the process of constructing relevant content, I also have some basic ideas about intuition itself. For me, intuition is not mysterious, but more like a way of judgement that is slowly developed over many attempts. Often people don’t know why they make the action, it’s actually repeated experience that teaches you how to act. This feeling between uncertainty and familiarity is what I find most interesting.
After I decided on the direction of my research in this phase, I drew more time to rearrange the existing ideas, which also made me realise that: in phase 1 it was more about making judgement based on intuition, and the words I chose were almost always the ones that came to my mind in a short period of time. But in phase 2, I started to understand how these judgements were made, and went deeper into the research. And during this process, I found that my way of thinking was also changing. I used to be more easily carried away by attractive content, but now I need to ask myself a lot of questions: Can this direction be dismantled over and over again? Will the content easily lose its freshness?
For me, Phase 2 was more of a shift from doing things by feel to in-depth research. This has influenced my attitude towards the direction of my research and the choices I make. Although my theme is intuition, I can’t rely entirely on intuition in this aspect of design, and I need to be more certain about what I am doing.