The Research Module assessment took place yesterday and everything was ready in time, with just a couple of dramas on the way. Having put up a ‘roof’ over my space to reduce light levels for video, my first effort was not right. After pondering over it that night, I decided to re-make it, getting over the ‘mis-fit’ issue and the ‘bad look’ of the original covering material. The new cover is white unwoven polyester with a PVC back. The other problem was the micro-media player destined for ‘stone in a sea of fog’which refused to play the video file. This was returned for a refund but I still needed a media player. I ended up using a small Philips DVD player which to great relief performed without a hitch.
I am now getting back to the dissertation and currently working on the neuropsychology aspects of emotion and memory associated with experiences of the sublime. It raises some interesting questions about whether our experience of the sublime can vary according to our emotional memories and would the first encounter with an artwork which triggers a sublime feeling be the most intense experience. This would seem to be in contrast to repeated exposure to a beautiful work where it seems it takes longer for the sensation of beauty to diminish.
