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Long silences, new challenges!

Dec 13, 20212 min read

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Published: Dec 13, 2021
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This page still exists! It still exists! No, wait - come back. Really.



The reason for the ludicrously long hiatus – I did as I said and went back into education! Yes, I did. Assessments, assignments, essays and presentations – it’s been a while since I did any of it, and it’s added up. It’s only now that I’ve passed all deadlines that I’m coming back to this.



Back in art school, doing an MA. Whodathunkit?



I said that I wanted a fresh challenge, and I’ve had that. My ‘piece’ for this semester evolved into a live video, sound recording, performance art amalgamation – something I totally wasn’t expecting to happen, but it did. Whether any of that ever sees light of day on this page I’m unsure about, as I’ve no idea how to present it outside of ‘real time’. May share some of the imagery.



The really insane thing was that I've had to blog about my progress! When I average out on three blog posts a year on this page, having to come up with something every time I made a bit of progress was so far out of my comfort zone, it was practically in the next galaxy. Plus, I’m now old. Like geriatric. Having a conversation with other students (can’t believe I can say that) we got onto first media memories, and I realised I that I was sitting with people for whom 9/11 is barely within their lifetimes. Which seems totally unreal.



What was mine? ‘Don’t say ‘The Berlin Wall coming down!’’ was the interrupted response, to general hilarity. Berlin Wall, hell. I can remember the Challenger exploding.



Aside from that, still living in an increasingly authoritarian parliamentary dictatorship/police state run by near-fascist imbeciles who seem determined to kill the entire population. Maybe this is the same for you, wherever you are.  Keep creating, don’t let the bastards grind you down.



Hopefully, a plethora of work to show coming soon. I just have to do it…

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