After speaking with Alan last week, I'm not feeling super confident in my ideas- so we spoke about how I should just keep putting the ideas to paper no matter what state they're in so we can get an idea of what I want to do. So that's what I've been doing. 

 A series of scattered ideas, undeveloped and bare boned- all a bit random when put together:

Some of the ideas that I find more appealing from the previous mind map taken a bit further, developed a little more into what could be done, but nothing too set-in-stone. Just about ready to be worked on. 

The dysphoria monsters (initial designs)


 A smaller, simpler idea after talking with others about trying to come up with a small, simple story about a moment in time that has the story power to be relatable to everyone and clearly understood. This has a simple message behind it, as summed up at the bottom- but maybe something more could be made of it.

I've been trying to push out as many more interesting ideas for premise as I can, but the one I keep falling back to is the story about my dogs running away. It feels very simple and wholesome, nothing too dramatic or complicated in terms of story, but something I would fully have a passion and a drive to make, and a story I'd really enjoy finding fun ways to tell. So I'm not completely shutting it down just yet. I feel there's something here that can be tapped into further. I think something can be done with it.