A slight delay in posting this week as my computer is poorly. It’s been creaking for a while, but the stress of downloading various software add-ons to update Microsoft Office has proved too much. In a sinister turn of events, I can’t re-install any anti-virus software. Is this analagous to the phenomenon seen in bacterial culture plates, where the colony of bacteria produces a defensive ring around itself so that nothing else can get in? Do computer viruses do the same? As there’s yet another Bank Holiday coming up, I don’t think I shall be able to get the computer sorted out locally, and my Family Computer Adviser is several hundred miles away and rushed off his feet.
Last week’s life class went with a swing again, although the ambient temperature was definitely a bit chilly. Having mastered tonal drawing in 3 minutes in the previous class, the students had no trouble with negative space. I only wish we could use messier media and be a bit more adventurous.
The essays are also taking shape nicely, about which more later. There was an intriguing found drawing on the wall of the seminar room, just behind the door. Some sort of oscillating pencil mark, made by a very small person defying gravity?(or more likely something swinging from a chair).
