Soooooooo for Semester Two we have to work on a self-initiated project, where its ourselves who come up with the brief rather than being set one by our tutors. I decided for my one to continue with the Religion theme seeing as I enjoyed it so much last time. For this time around, I wanted to get other people's opinions about what religion means to them, what they think of the Catholic Church etc. seeing as my views are quite negative.
I got a group of 12 - 13year olds to fill out a questionaire of a few questions asking them their opinion on religion. The results I got were really interesting to see. The majority of them just seemed to accept religion in their lives with no real questioning of why they were believing in God or the church etc. This really showed how great an influence parents and teachers have on them and how a young child's mind just accepts something because their Mam or Dad said it. Their opinions of the Catholic Church were also quite innocent and somewhat sheltered. To me, it seemed that they knew nothing of the controversies in the church as when asked for their opinion of the Church, quite a few said "Mass is a bit boring" and "The seats are too close together."
Aswel as that I started an online survey in which I asked two Questions:
(1) What does the word "Religion" mean to you?
(2) What is your opinion of the Catholic Church?
And the response I got was really good. The majority of the people who answered showed that they had a very negative view of the church and of religion itself. I also noticed that people seperated the two. Religion meant something completely different to them than the Catholic Church did. Children see these as the same thing whereas someone who is older and possibly would have actually questioned their faith at some point showed that the two werent related in their minds. I also got a few positive answers, in which people stated a strong connection with God but a negative view of the church on a account of the scandals. Some answers were a bit out there, others didnt go at all....to whoever answered "sex" to both questions...sound lads :P
So with that I could start to find my image. On a casual stroll through town I came across a display of Sacred Heart pictures that for some reason I loved...I think I'm getting too into this whole religion craic.
I played around with compositions before deciding to just stick with this image.
And THEN the Pope goes and decides to resign...in the MIDDLE of my project...How inconsidereate of him :( So i'm definitely going to have to get a Print done of him before the next lad comes in. I doubt I'll get the same comic evilness out of the new one as I did from auld Ben himself.
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