Reasearch topics?

I suppose I'll start with the "things that piss me off" list:
-When people just have nothing nice to say. Really, if you have to be that negative, why bother? This came to mind because I was thinking of my two studios last semester and the two professors I had. One, who was wonderful, always had a positive comment to make, even if the project was complete crap. Then the other who, even if the project was amazing and he liked it, would say the most negative thing he could think of about it. It always made me mad. I just felt that it was unnecessry.
I swear I'm not just ranting about the man, although I could.
When people just say negative things all the time, I don't believe that you learn or are modivated to get better. Some feel that way, in art espically. I feel that when I'm told that everything I do is crap, I just want to give up, not keep going. Constructive criticism is cool, just being negative is not.

-Close-minded people. This seems kind of general. I mean, we all have something that we're a bit close-minded about. Sadly it seems that is very hard to avoid. However, some people just can't accept others who don't fit a certain mold. This makes me so frustrated I can't even describe it. It seems to me that generally the most common close-minded view is the negative view of homosexuals. It always makes me sad. Then there are people who refuse to accept a person who doesn't share their religious views. Do these people really think they are that right? That far above someone who doesn't share their views? Sometimes it's almost dicusting how unaccepting a person can be. Close-minded and judgemental people go hand-in-hand in my opinion.

Sure there's other stuff that gets to me, but those two are probably the biggest.


So reasearch papers...

I really don't mind writing papers for the most part. I've seemed to be fairly decent at it in the past. Last semester we wrote a bunch, and I had expected to be graded really hard and not do well. I ended up getting high B's on all of them. Could've been that she just liked my stuff. Who knows.
Research papers however...I just find there's too many specifics. I wish I could just write my ideas.


Three topics.
Why I want to do that topic.
Things I already know.
What part of it I'd like to research.
Thesis-ish.


1. Catholic influence on art. I know some information about this topic from Art History. When the catholics took over art changed all over Europe. Art could only be religious themed for the most part. Figures in paintings from the past were "made appropriate" and sometimes damaged in the process. This intrests me because I just feel like it was terrible and wrong. It always makes me mad when people can't view something in an artistic way and say that it's crude or discusting.
I need a good angle of this topic...

I need more ideas. I'll post another idea later I suppose.