I am finding the lack of time to work frustrating. Juggling my teaching, proposal submissions, group commitments and the like have become overwhelming although it is hard to complain as I should consider myself lucky in the current climate. Having shows to work towards gives me a direction but it does leave you constantly feeling unsure about whether your work stands up to constructive self critique let alone critique from any other directive.
I have to prepare a talk to students for next week too. Time and time again I find the idea of a talk quite daunting with little else other than powerpoint to direct the visuals and I always have that feeling of despair rushing through my bones when I see the images through this mode of transport. However, I have signed up for a scheme titled 3 minute wonders in April in Southend which will give me the discipline of talking through 10 slides in 3 minutes. This will, I am sure, be quite a challenge although too late to well prepare me with this one.
