Concept Confusion

I'm in a bit of a quandary at the moment with regard to both my Dissertation and my Personal Project. I'm finding it difficult to pin down exactly what it is I am going to do for both.

I want to write about women landscape photographers, but its not easy to find many that have been written about. Also do I write about my own practice or shall I make it more of a historical study, or a study about landscape itself.

With regard to my personal project, part of me is thinking that I want to make work about the sea and how I feel about it, and what it means to me, but I'm not sure this will work or what my actual concept is. The other part of me feels that maybe I should continue with the work I've been doing on memory, with regard to place and space.

I'm not particularly happy with the images I have shot so far but this is usually the case. It takes time and experiment for me to capture the essence of my concept, and to feel that the images convey the mood and atmosphere I want them to evoke.

My mind is a bit of a minefield at present but this is usually the case when I am at the beginning of a project so I shouldn't beat myself up and just take my time. Art can not be rushed!