An afternoon
well spent - 15th June 2016
I took the
afternoon off and went to the Tall Tales : Crooked Yarns research forum at
College. I’ve discussed this in detail here. It really was a thought-provoking
afternoon and a validation of the way I’m conducting my research.
Prior to the
forum, I met a former classmate who has sadly suspended her studies. It was
great to catch up with her and our conversation yielded a couple of significant
points that I want to document.
Sometimes it takes
a conversation to make you realise the blindingly obvious. Both of us are
mature students, and in my own case I don’t have a first degree in an Art
subject. We acknowledged between us that returning to studying art later in
life meant we are not in a position to compete with the young graduates in
their early 20s. However, we do bring life experience and the experience of our
own respective careers. Is there a way that this can be acknowledged within the
educational field? How do we make this experience count? In my case, the latter
is probably answered by putting to use my transferable skills – project management,
presentation skills – and I acknowledged to myself that these skills, which I
take for granted and barely notice, are
helping me to progress with the course.
Following on from
that, we talked about motivations. We both love being artist/makers and both of
us have had health issues. We articulated the joy of doing something creative
simply because you can and you are still breathing! Harking back to one of the
comments I made in my week 27 post - in and amongst all the methodologies and
perspectives from which we try to hang our work, shouldn’t there be one which describes
working for the sheer thrill of creativity?
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