Just spent time collecting all the books together I have been looking at and researching from for the last 3 months for my MA.
Next I have to start typing up the bibliography.
As I may have said before this MA has been one of the biggest challenges I have had ( and over the last decade I sure as hell had a lot) as it is a matter of facing up to many of my own shortcomings in life, manly my Dyslexia.
The annoying thing is I have the knowledge but lose site of this when I have to put it down in words added to this I have found it hard as hell to focus and do the needed reading.
If the course was purely practical then I would be ok but justifying one’s art practice as well as contextualising it after being in a non academic environment for 25 years or more, is pretty difficult.
Even trying to find a stand point is proving harder than expected as my work practice shifted considerably during the first period of lockdown.
Yet even though I finding this hard in so many ways I’m also finding that it has helped push me and my work in so many new directions and that what I’m producing now is really a 100% me as I’m not hiding behind any masks. Yes I’m flying by the seat of my pants at times but that also adds an air of excitement to what I’m doing, the juxtaposition and re assembly of elements is what keeps me interested, along with the learning of new technology and processes.
Pioneers don’t find it easy weather I am one or not is another question but for now I have to put up and shut up and do the writing.
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The Art and musings of Jeffrey Knopf 