Felt pretty dire all day today, off work and had to give away my tickets to the Alphonso Lingis talk, one of the Biennial ‘Touched’ talks. I couldn’t have made it as I feel so poorly but was really looking forward to it,so I’m annoyed with myself for feeling crap!
However, I did finish writing an article for a-n on my career since graduating and what I’ve been up to so far. I did manage some reading too.
I have to read excerpts from some texts that have influenced me/my art over the years. I am having great difficulty choosing and if I am really honest, it’s not always the intellectual art books that have influenced me over the years.
Certain novels have probably had more influence on me, I’ve never claimed to be an intellectual and really enjoyed reading fiction more than fact but now I’m feeling maybe I should only put those type of texts in. I’m sorely tempted ti include some Calvin + Hobbes though as it definitely influenced my teenage years and I’m sure there is some deep philosophy in that text.
