If there’s one thing I hate about this blog it’s when my husband reads it over my shoulder. He got a real chuckle over the line ‘art has consumed me from the word go’ in a previous post, dancing round the house and repeating it in a rediculous voice until I had to resort to violence. ‘But it did’, I yelled,’When I was a child I spent all my time drawing’ , ‘Yeh well – he said – That was just cause there wasn’t much on the telly in those days!’ I knew I shouldn’t have married a scientist.
Anyway, I am being consumed by editing this film at the moment from the interviews I did earlier in the year. I am absolutley loving it and learning so much about the process. I could easily become hooked on this. The more I do the more I understand about the other film work I have seen in galleries etc., why artists have worked in a particular way, the technical constraints, timings, sound etc. how the various aspects works together. All basic stuff to those on film degree courses I guess. But something else I love and that’s working it out through trial and error, absorbing the process through my own exploration – and the thrill of grasping a process and making it work. Other people are sharing their skills as well, from Alison who composes choral music to Steve who I pass in the street most days and had no idea worked in film and audio. Everyone has been so enthusiastic and ready to share their knowledge. In a way I’m finding gaining knowledge away from an institution in this way a really positive, organic and people centred way to learn.
