summertime encore
cycle slowly to the village
ponder on a few things
Morris and his interactive objects
that encourage
a kind of self conscious
seeing oneself seeing things
‘a kind of phenomenological mirror’ as he calls it
am rooting around these thoughts
looking for some traction
and what about shutters?
all the houses here have them
so multifunctional –
why don’t we all have them?
are curtains a female equivalent
mediators between inside and out
rather than definitive shutters-out
of heat, light, voyeurs, thieves
Hilde Heynen has much to say
on modernity and domesticity
but little on shutters v curtains
return
with croissants, a baguette,
plus a lemon, cheese, melon
the diet is limited
but mostly I don’t notice
in the cool of the workshop
I add to my construction
taking time to measure
angle and cut carefully
countersink, drill, re drill
and re-make when it doesn’t work
but there is a long way to go
practically and conceptually
it’s all a bit intuitive for now
afternoon
an elicit hour lying
in the shade of a tree
reading, dozing…
then have to go
to write up some text
for the présentation in 2 weeks
there is some translation needed
– my french is poor
and realise
simple-ish things are expressed
in a convoluted way
so address the meaning
in the most straightforward way
then refer to google-translate
which is better
there are a few errors
to sort later
a fire is burning at the back
for a bbq
at the village hall opposite
there is a party
with mostly unmemorable music
but it sets the scene
sausages, potatoes wrapped in foil
cook away
we collect wood
drink wine
chat away
eat
in a convivial and summertime way
