Some good news today and something to smile about. Following on from my thinking around the idea of humour in art, I purchased Simon Critchley's book "On Humour" (part of the Thinking in Action series by Routledge). I was a bit nervous about venturing into this kind of academic writing on the subject, after all, there couldn't be anything less humerous than a deep philosphical discussion. Or could there? The Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein once said he could imagine a book of philosophy made entirely of jokes! And to prove his point I am really enjoying finding the plethora of views on what exactly makes humour 'work'. This may yet prove to be a good area of research for the MA.
The real good news is that I have won a prize! I am currently showing work at the Surface Gallery as part of their open show 'Turbulence' and have been selected (as one of two artists) to show more work in the new year. It will be a great chance to exhibit work made in the first few months of the MA.
