Seminar

I have a bad headache, one that just will not shift, but it is worth it. I think everyone on the Seminar had a good time. It really seems nice knowing we will meet, though I gravitate to the same people each time and I note other people do too. But that is okay. Everyone's work has progressed enormously. Wendy's works of art have been seen by several thousand people, Zoe's images, have gone from the rough paper, notes and concepts stage, which I loved, to a lean, clean, beautiful book. I would have liked to have looked more, Abisolah is as organised as ever and has a clear approach to her work with VB, I long to see Lara's work from Seven Sisters, but the talk was very interesting, etc, etc, Chris even presented a full 10 minutes video draft, which was of course brilliant. Compared to theirs my work looked very home spun, and even as I had made it I was worried about that, on the other hand it is a piece about domesticity in some ways. But as I drew it out of my bag and pined it up and talked about the relationship between it and the triptych etc, I realised that I do own this work and feel very good about it, even if I am not quite sure where it is going. It really made me just want to stay and work and work on it and not ever have to worry about mone or work again. One of the tutors responses was really helpful as he talked about a quote I had forgotten that I had dug out, I was too busy listening to write it down, but he absolutely nailed it. A couple of people gave me further feedback and I was pleased that my tutor also seemed to respond to the challenge of it. So I stayed for the Thursday afternoon session and crawled home to bed rather than heading for work. However, next day like most people I felt Daniel Rubinstein's seminar on Chomsky, Foucoult and Power was so good, so satisfying, that I felt that I needed some space so hurtled off to work and missed what was probably the most important part of the two days how to write the next piece!!!

The two/three days if I include Westminster have given me lots of ideas, and when the headache has gone,and the preparation for hours of teaching done, lets hope I can remember them and build on them.