DRIFT
How could I forget? On Wednesday night I went over to Victoria Baths in Manchester to try a spot in Amy Sharrock's piece, Drift, there. This involved spending 20 minutes in a boat with the artist drifting around the pool in a daydream for two. The building is incredible anyway, so it was a win-win situation already. Anyone who knows me will know I love to swim, and I did have trouble staying in the boat and not plunging into the pale blue icy pool. So great to see the pool full of water and I was only disappointed that I had missed the underwater opera earlier in the week!
Anyway, how is this related to getting paid? Well, the discussion we had in the boat centred around making time to drift and how we are all so focused, driven and target oriented these days we can easily forget to do so. Amy was advocating a step away from living in technology and getting back into water, outdoors etc. I immediately said I was guilty of being a tecchie and she told me off for using the word guilty.
It made me think about what I spend my time doing and how much guilt can be attached to that. I can't stop tecching and I love the connections and information that comes from being internet-immersed. I do think, however, that I could be more efficient.. i.e. work for five days and then spend a weekend in north Wales with my husband and going swimming rather than mooching around the flat half-heartedly trying to do bits of work between cleaning.
While having my cup of tea in the cafe afterwards I got out my diary and wrote at least one OFF in each week for the next month or two. I shall work up to two OFFs in the near future..
http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/may/23…
