Written 16th March 2023: While getting to grips with managing a 5 day working week, along with the Handshake8 workshops and homework + the rest of my life…I missed my blog post for the first month.
My apologies, things can only get better:-)
5 weeks in, my reflection is, that being part of the Handshake8 Project is like travelling in a thrilling and slightly scary rollercoaster.
I have gone from tertiary education environment, where some of the students and teachers were with me for 4 years, others 3, and people knew me and my work – now I’m in the big wide world. I try not to dwell on it, least the thought stall me on a precipice. There is so much excitement for the opportunity and getting to know this new community + where it could take my practice, thinking and making – I’m trying to roll with the process and enjoy it as much as I can – whilst telling that inner (at times, panicked) voice to “keep calm/ carry on!”.
First night jitters aside (if there was a report card on it, it may have read ‘could have been better prepared’), thereafter, the evening online workshops with Estela Saez have been fun, thought provoking, and stimulated ideas aplenty.
Having a new cohort giving feedback on exercises and homework is, if I’m honest, at times excruciating. Despite everyone being thoughtful, kind and perceptive I still feel like I’m in courtroom, and I’ve done something wrong. I note, after last weeks workshop, that I definitely need to work on my game-face when in a Crit – face scrunched and looking through my fingers waiting for the analysis…probably not how the senior practitioners do it.
First night works…10-15minute exercises on transformation.
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- We start with a lampshade…naturallly
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- …I do love a hat
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- Hazaar!
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- Raw material: Soft Plastic
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- 15 minutes later
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- Necklace
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- Starting with a mask
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- Attempting to describe a loathing for 2 faced people. 10 minutes/ late at night – this is what happens:-)
Yay, first blog post. Tick!
Thank you for your time.