A few days after I started this project, it turned out a lot of people didn't quite understand what this thing was all about.
Some of my friends thought I was sending out spam, some mistook the story about paranoia as the main theme, and so on.
So just to clear things out:
The aim of this project is to gather 'visual outcomes';
I'm asking people from all over the world, to create something visual
(drawings, paintings, poems, collages, photographs, ... you name it)
based on a deep emotion, causing a transition in the way you perceive this world. This could be based on an experience you had in the past, as well as a recent one. Off course, one of the strongest emotions that binds us all is fear, hence the paranoia-story as an example. I got a very interesting reply on this topic that I'd like to share with you.
I think this is very interesting topic you came with here.
I have some experience with paranoia and fear and of course it is touching everyone of us.
They are mostly affected by use of different kind of drugs. I know lots of people who were so paranoic that they barely get ot of house or pick up a phone. Especialy speeds(amphetamine) dugs and all other stimulants are very common cause of paranoia.
What I know about these drugs is that they are stimulating production of serotonin, which is a a natural drug in our bodies responsible for happines and probably also self confidence. The more of the drug you take, the more you are damaging centers producing this serotonin. That means the body is not able to produce it and you are not able to be happy. Also you are less and less selfconfident, and if you are not self confident you are afraid of people.
Of course life is not just a chemical sentence and the same thing can happend without use of any drugs in some cases.
Or it can be flash back effect of some drugs taken long time ago.
Our brain is a mystery even for the biggest scientists even now.
The best solution I came up with was to think straight as much as possible in the situation. I mean to concentrate on what is the reason of my fear and what is the worse thing that can happen .. I know it is not easy in the moment, but I know it works. It is the only thing I have tried with some succes ..
So I hope some of it will help a little for your research or your life ..
Although this wasn't the kind of reply I expected, I was very happy to get this story; and I hope it can be of some help to anyone who reads it. So, your answer to my question does not necessarily have to deal with paranoia, it might as well be a moment of pure joy that caused you to create an image/text. Perhaps induced by drugs, as stated above.
By gathering all these different 'states of mind', I hope to find some recurring symbols or similarities in the images and texts,
that point out a certain structure in the way we express our emotions. I'm not trying to prove that a collective consciousness exists and it is not my intention to debate this philsophy, but either way, I guess it could be very helpful to get an insight in all the different ways people come up with to handle their experiences. So we might all learn from one another.
