Had a really good mentoring session today with Steven. Useful initially in that it gave me something to pull things together for, to stand back from what I'm doing – I printed, photocopied bits of stuff I've been working on and pinned them up. Surprised myself in that it kinds of makes sense…!
Reinforced for me the importance/validity of that visual musing process or furrowing the soil as Steven puts in… and I could add in at times leaving it fallow… or 'set aside'… Discussed a fair bit around the need not to 'top load' it… to be confident in myself with my practice… that it is critically framed, it is political – can actually just get on with it, do the musing bit, do the play, the research – cos the rest is there and will come through.
Covered stuff around research-led practice, socially engaged/relational practice… role as artist working as agent within the system, as discursive agent within society… artist as conduit, tipping heirarchies up side down…
All good stuff. Now got an MA application to write. Followed by weekend – I have four children… don't need to say much more!!!
