Emotive Color

I will be documenting my process for an upcoming abstract piece from my Creative Process class at Langara.
We are to choose an emotional state. The emotional states I have chosen are the following: growth, shock and explode. This is my first real attempt at really trying think on an abstract level and its not been easy.

My word association:
Shock

• lightening bolts
• speechless
• wide eyed
  
• in horror
• confused
• striking contrast of primary color on black
  

Growth

• roots
• expand
• viral
• natural/unnatural
• mutation

Explosion

• ordered chaos
• clouded
• painful
• unnatural
• aggressive

Texture and color has not been thought much of at this point. It's been more or less trying to visualize what these words could interpret. I feel however that I am still going too literal for the translation.

Progression Shots

Shocked V1
Explode V1
Explode V2
Growth V1
Growth V2

So far I am leaning more towards growth than the others.


**UPDATE friday 23rd **

With the critiques and direction provided by Heidi - my next attempt at "shock"
I think I will try to give the impression that this shock value is coming from a single point, and errupts from that point (the eye)
I want the eye as a primary focus, but also living naturally in the center, so the users eye doesn't stay focused on it but moves around and notices everything else.
Sonar waves have also been introduced as another medium that carries "shock"
Lightening and static strikes will be fused with the exploding cloud

Shock 2
Shock 2

Shock 3